Lithograph, sepia cards
Card (1):
A Maori Canoe (Waka) Race
Price: $200.00 USD
Card (1a):
A Maori Canoe (Waka) Race
Price: $200.00 USD
Card (5):
The Old Style and the New
Price: $200.00 USD
George Sherriff Postcards
DESCRIPTION
Issued: c 1890
Sepia Lithograph postcards:
Artist: George Sheriff
CARD SIZE: 5 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches, (14.4 x 10.4 cm) approximately
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONDITION: 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.
Postcard titles:
- 1). A Maori Canoe (Waka) Race
- 1a). A Maori Canoe (Waka) Race
- 5). The Old Style and the New
George Sherriff (1846 - 1930) Wanganui painter and sculptor.
Born Brighton, England. Studied art at Melbourne Hurst, at the West London School of Art, and at the Slade School of Animal Painting, London.
Arrived New Zealand probably c.1883 and became an early settler farmer in the Wanganui district.
A founding member of the Wanganui Arts and Crafts Society.
A Maori Speech (korero)
Six Sepia Lithographic cards
Produced in 1890 by the artist George Sheriff.
- A Maori Canoe (Waka) Race
- A Maori Speech (korero)
- Maori Going to Market in Canoe
- The Home of the Maori (kainga), Maoriland
- The Old Style and the New
- A Family Repast (kai)
Reference:
"Auckland Star" (Auckland), "Christmas Publications", October 8, 1891: 9.
Reference: Peter Gilderdale, Messages of Love from Maoriland, 2019

