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Date: 1920 - 1930

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

Reference: B-185-053

Description: Galley prints in two sizes, showing a design for an address label with a decorative panel of leaves and berries down the left side, an inset vignette of three gentlemen in 17th century costume, standing beside a printing press, at top left, and lettering top and bottom, above and below the blank ruled space for the address. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief prints on sheet 153 x 294 mm.

Date: 1920 - 1930

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

Reference: B-185-052

Description: Design for an address label shows a decorative panel of leaves and berries down the left side, an inset vignette of three gentlemen in 17th century costume, standing beside a printing press, at top left, and lettering top and bottom, above and below the blank ruled space for the address. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and gouache on card, 132 x 176 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1939

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

Reference: B-185-054

Description: Print proof for a panel of the "Star Twinkles" comic strip in the Auckland star. The date may be around 1920-1935. The panel shows a group of four children, one of whom asks to have a turn at flying another boy's kite. The boy asking for the loan asserts that he has been "champeen" [champion] of Freeman's Bay for years. The kite's owner says he can't lend the kite, for fear of being strapped. The full twelve panels of this story is on a sheet at C-166-001. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on newsprint, 255 x 360 mm.

Date: 1925

From: Finey, George Edmond 1895-1987 :Finey's gallery of New Zealand notables. [Sydney] Smith's weekly [ca 1924]

By: Finey, George Edmond, 1895-1987; Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979

Reference: A-051-014

Description: Head and shoulders three-quarters profile portrait of Sir Henry Brett of Takapuna, gardener, newspaper proprietor, author, and expert on sailing ships Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph (two-colour) on sheet 411 x 267 mm