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TREVOR LLOYD, Artist, illustrator, cartoonist,  (1863-1937):

Lloyd was a pioneer of etching in New Zealand and one of the country's leading political cartoonists for 32 years.

He was born in New Zealand and in the early 1900s he moved to Auckland where he began earning a living from his art. His first commission was to illustrate stories and articles in the New Zealand Illustrated Magazine.He also produced a series of illustrations for the New Zealand Graphic. Early in 1903 he joined the Auckland Weekly News as an illustrator, graphic artist and cartoonist. From 1904 his cartoons also appeared in the New Zealand Herald.

Trevor Lloyd postcard, Hands Across the Sea

During the 1905 All Black tour to Britain, he drew one of the first New Zealand cartoons using the kiwi as a symbol for New Zealand. Lloyd also caught the public imagination by dubbing the New Zealand Railways the ‘New Zealand Snailways’. However, in 1921 he began to contribute pen-and-ink drawings to the Saturday supplement of the New Zealand Herald. Lloyd's daughters both attended the Elam School of Art, and after seeing samples of their print-making, he took up etching and drypoint.

Over the years he produced sepia etchings of Maori subjects, the New Zealand bush and Auckland's environs. It is perhaps for his etchings that he is best known.

Trevor Lloyd postcard, The MOA and the Lion

Lloyd was particularly interested in Maori culture and language. He became well known for his decorative borders in the Christmas number of the Auckland Weekly News, which appeared around photographic montages and featured New Zealand flora, fauna and Maori motifs. Lloyd also used Maori motifs and people in his cartoons. The family bach, in the Waitakere Range west of Auckland, was built in the shape of a Maori meeting house with Lloyd supplying the carvings. He chose the name Whare Tane for the family home and accumulated a considerable collection of Maori artefacts. He found many pieces while fossicking with his dog along and around the beaches, pa sites and caves of Auckland's rugged west coast. A significan part of the collection is now held by the Auckland Institute and Museum.

There are more than thirty postcards produced by various publishers. They date from around the early 20th century.


LINK to: University of Canterbury, UC Research Repository,

“The evolution of socio-political cartoon satire in the New Zealand press during the 19th and early 20th centuries : Its role in justifying the alienation of Maori lands (1995)”

[G. G. Vince MacDonald, author]

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Trevor Lloyd Postcards

Issued circa 1905

 

Card size: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (13.8 x 8.8cm) approximately.

 

Postcard titles:

LINK to LARGER IMAGES x GROUP:

  • GROUP 1:
  • 1. The MOA and the LION.
  • 2. He won't come after my girl again.
  • 3. Maori life, At home in the smart set.
  • 3a. Maori life, At home in the smart set.
  • 4. Hands Across the Sea.
  • 5. Anticipation.
  • 6. An Unexpected Development.
  • 6a. An Unexpected Development.
  • 7. Kiss Me
  • 8. Kapai Te Stink
  • 9. The Drawback Of Civilisation
  •  
  • GROUP 2:
  • 10. Hands Across the Sea, TE HONGI, colour
  • 11. Hands Across the Sea, TE HONGI
  • 12. Hands Across the Sea, Greetings from Maoriland, colour.
  • 4a. Hands Across the Sea
  • 13. With best wishes, colour
  • 14. With best wishes
  •  
  • GROUP 3:
  • 1a. The MOA and the LION
  • 15. Our Tom.
  • 16. When Israel did Multiply
  • 17. Wash Day in the Garden of Eden
  • 2a. He won't come after my girl again
  • 18. Madam, You have deceived me
  • 19. Cupid Pressing his suit!
  •  
  • GROUP 4:
  • 20. The Discovery of the Codlin Moth
  • 9a. The Drawback of Civilisation
  • 8a. Kapai Te Stink
  • 21. The tourist in clover
  • 22. E LOVES ME!!!!
  • 7a. Kiss Me
  • 23. Kapai te Tin Music
  • 24. Her Bright Smile Haunts the Still, colour
  • 25. Her Bright Smile Haunts the Still
  • 25a. Her Bright Smile Haunts the Still
  •  
  • GROUP 5:
  • 26. A Christmas Carol
  • 27. The New Chum
  • 28. His First Pair
  • 28a. His First Pair
  • 5a. Anticipation
  • 3b. Maori life, At home in the smart set
  • 29. Where Te Kaiser?
  • 30. Mother does not know I am on the Stage
  • 6b. An Unexpected Development
  • 31. Returning From The Land Court

 

GROUP ONE (1)

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, The MOA and the LION, -- LINK to larger image

SOLD

Card (1);
Price: $350.00 USD
(Includes shipping)

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, He won't come after my girl again, -- LINK to larger image

SOLD

Card (2);
Price: $150.00 USD
(Includes shipping)

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Maori life, At home in the smart set, -- LINK to larger image

SOLD

Card (3);
Price: $55.00 USD
(Includes shipping)

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Maori life, At home in the smart set, -- LINK to larger image

SOLD

Card (3a);
Price: $55.00 USD
(Includes shipping)

Trevor Lloyd postcard, Hands Across the Sea, -- LINK to larger image

SOLD

Card (4);
Price: $55.00 USD
(Includes shipping)

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Anticipation, -- LINK to larger image

SOLD

Card (5);
Price: $55.00 USD
(Includes shipping)

Trevor Lloyd postcard, An Unexpected Development, -- LINK to larger image

SOLD

Card (6);
Price: $55.00 USD
(Includes shipping)

Trevor Lloyd postcard, An Unexpected Development, -- LINK to larger image

SOLD

Card (6a);
Price: $55.00 USD
(Includes shipping)

Trevor Lloyd postcard, Kiss Me, -- LINK to larger image

SOLD

Card (7);
Price: $55.00 USD
(Includes shipping)

Trevor Lloyd postcard, Kapai Te Stink, -- LINK to larger image

SOLD

Card (8);
Price: $55.00 USD
(Includes shipping)

Trevor Lloyd postcard, The Drawback Of Civilisation, -- LINK to larger image

SOLD

Card (9);
Price: $55.00 USD
(Includes shipping)

GROUP TWO (2)

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Hands Across the Sea, TE HONGI, colour, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 10

Trevor Lloyd postcard, Hands Across the Sea, TE HONGI, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 11

Trevor Lloyd postcard, Hands Across the Sea, Greetings from Maoriland, colour, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 12

Trevor Lloyd postcard, Hands Across the Sea, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 4a

Trevor Lloyd postcard, With best wishes, colour, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 13

Trevor Lloyd postcard, With best wishes, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 14

GROUP THREE (3)

Trevor Lloyd postcard, The MOA and the LION, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 1a

Trevor Lloyd postcard, Our Tom, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 15

Trevor Lloyd postcard, When Israel did Multiply, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 16

Trevor Lloyd postcard, Wash Day in the Garden of Eden, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 17

Trevor Lloyd postcard, He won't come after my girl again, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 2a

Trevor Lloyd postcard, Madam, You have deceived me, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 18

Trevor Lloyd postcard, Cupid Pressing his suit!, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 19

GROUP FOUR (4)

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, The Discovery of the Codlin Moth, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 20

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, The Drawback of Civilisation, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 9a

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Kapai te Stink, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 8a

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, The tourist in clover, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 21

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, E LOVES ME!!!!, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 22

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Kiss Me, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 7a

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Kapai te Tin Music, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 23

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Her Bright Smile Haunts the Still, colour, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 24

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Her Bright Smile Haunts the Still, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 25

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Her Bright Smile Haunts the Still, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 25a

GROUP FIVE (5)

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, A Christmas Carol, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 26

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, The New Chum, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 27

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, His First Pair, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 28

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, His First Pair, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 28a

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Anticipation, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 5a

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Maori life, At home in the smart set, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 3b

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Where Te Kaiser?, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 29

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Mother does not know I am on the Stage, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 30

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, An Unexpected Development, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 6b

Trevor Lloyd Postcard, Returning From The Land Court, -- LINK to larger image

CARD 31