Postcards — MAORI ART Postcards (c 1910) [A D Willis]
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Set ONE (complete)

A D Willis Postcard, A secluded retreat, -- LINK to larger image Card (1) Set–1
A secluded retreat;

A D Willis Postcard, Rapids ahead, -- LINK to larger imageCard (2) Set–1
Rapids ahead

A D Willis Postcard, Canoe race, -- LINK to larger imageCard (3) Set–1
Canoe race

A D Willis Postcard, The old story, -- LINK to larger imageSet–1 / card 4
The old story

A D Willis Postcard, The bath, -- LINK to larger imageCard (5) Set–1
The bath

A D Willis Postcard, Fishing day in the Pa, -- LINK to larger imageCard (6) Set–1
Fishing day in the Pa

A D Willis Postcard, Visitors, -- LINK to larger imageCard (7) Set–1
Visitors

A D Willis Postcard, A In search of foe, -- LINK to larger image Card (8) Set–1
In search of foe

Set ONE (complete) comprised of 8 Maori Art postcards

Price: $750.00 USD

 

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Set TWO (incomplete) includes the 3 known Maori Art cards

A D Willis Postcard, I'm a going milking sir..., -- LINK to larger image

Card (9) Set–2
I'm a going milking sir...;

A D Willis Postcard, Juvenile warriors, -- LINK to larger image

Card (10) Set–2
Juvenile warriors;

A D Willis Postcard, The warrior's defeat, -- LINK to larger image

Card (11) Set–2
The warrior's defeat;

Set TWO (incomplete) comprised of the 3 known Maori Art postcards

Price: $250.00 USD

 

Individual cards from Maori Art postcards series

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A D Willis Postcard, A secluded retreat, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (1)
A secluded retreat

$100.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, Canoe race, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (3)
Canoe race

$100.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, Canoe race, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (3a)
Canoe race

$100.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, The old story, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (4)
The old story

$80.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, The old story, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (4a)
The old story

$80.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, The old story, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (4b)
The old story

$80.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, The old story, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (4c)
The old story

$80.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, The bath, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (5)
The bath

$100.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, The bath, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (5a)
The bath

$100.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, Visitors, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (7)
Visitors

$100.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, I'm a going milking sir..., -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (9)
I'm a going milking sir...

$100.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, I'm a going milking sir..., -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (9a)
I'm a going milking sir...

$100.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, I'm a going milking sir..., -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (9b)
I'm a going milking sir...

$100.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, Juvenile warriors, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (10)
Juvenile warriors

$100.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, Juvenile warriors, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (10a)
Juvenile warriors

$100.00 USD
A D Willis Postcard, Juvenile warriors, -- LINK to larger image

Individual CARD (10b)
Juvenile warriors

$100.00 USD

Maori Art postcards

DESCRIPTION

Issued: c 1910

Chromolithographic cards

CARD SIZE: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (13.8 x 8.8cm) approximately.

 
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

CONDITION: Very good.

THE POSTCARD PHOTOS: Brightness and colouring are dependent on the camera as well as the settings of the device used to see these cards.

SHIPPING: Price includes shipping.

   
Set ONE Titles
  • Card (1) Set–1, A secluded retreat
  • Card (2) Set–1, Rapids ahead
  • Card (3) Set–1, Canoe race
  • Card (4) Set–1, The old story
  • Card (5) Set–1, The bath
  • Card (6) Set–1, Fishing day in the Pa
  • Card (7) Set–1, Visitors
  • Card (8) Set–1, In search of foe
Set TWO Titles
  • Card ( 9)  Set–2, I'm a going milking sir...
  • Card (10) Set–2, Juvenile warriors
  • Card (11) Set–2, The warrior's defeat
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A series of eight chromolithographic subjects illustrative of Maori life from drawings by Benoni White. There are a further three cards which may have been the start of another series. William Potts was the lithographer for these early cards

The Maori Art cards were produced c1900 by A.D. Willis, a Wanganui printing firm run by printer Archibald Duddington Willis. Willis set up the Wanganui herald newspaper with politician John Ballance, a future premier of New Zealand. He later began bookbinding, publishing, and commercial printing, and published several series of Christmas and greetings cards featuring local elements and iconography.

Willis was a pioneer of the use of chromolithography in New Zealand and the most significant publisher of postcards, producing cards of quite extraordinary beauty and style to match the best anywhere in the world at that time. When he died in 1908 the business seems to have died with him.

Reference:
Rosslyn Joan Johnston Thesis   Link to thesis

A D Willis, complete set of 8, artist Benoni White
SET ONE: Complete set of eight.
A D Willis, incomplete set of 3, artist Benoni White
SET TWO: Incomplete set (only three known postcards).