Arthur Herbert Messenger
Date of birth / Date established
1877
Date of death / Date closed
1962
Person/Corporate type
Individual
Biography
Arthur Herbert Messenger was the sixth son of William and Arabella. Born in 1877, he lived with his family at Pukearuhe and later in Wellington where he joined the Lands and Survey Department as a draughtsman.
Always interested in sketching, he wrote 'Children of the Forest' a memoir of his childhood days at Pukearuhe and contributed articles for the School Journal and illustrations for historical books by James Cowan.
Always interested in sketching, he wrote 'Children of the Forest' a memoir of his childhood days at Pukearuhe and contributed articles for the School Journal and illustrations for historical books by James Cowan.
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Arthur Herbert Messenger
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"Early Pioneers Arrive off New Plymouth, 1841"
Production date:
1948
Accession number:
A75.519
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Painting, Watercolour
Accession number:
A95.252
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Painting, Watercolour
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A95.253
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Painting, Watercolour
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A95.254
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Painting, Watercolour
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A95.255
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Painting, Watercolour
Accession number:
A95.256
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Painting, Watercolour
Accession number:
A95.257
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Painting, Watercolour
Accession number:
A95.258
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Painting, Watercolour
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A95.259
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Painting, Watercolour
Accession number:
A95.260
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"The original blockhouse Pukearuhe, destroyed by Wetere's war party in 1869"
Production date:
1949
Accession number:
A66.621
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"Pukearuhe Redoubt & Blockhouse in 1870"
Production date:
1949
Accession number:
A66.536
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"Drums & Fifes of the 'Sixty-Fifth'. New Plymouth, 1860"
Production date:
1948
Accession number:
A66.694
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"The Hauhaus Fight Back at Otautu on the Patea"
Production date:
1957
Accession number:
A95.380
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"The Taranaki Contingent Builds a Redoubt Round the Church at Opotiki"
Production date:
1957
Accession number:
A95.273
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"War Canoes Paddle round the Whaleships at Kapiti Island"
Production date:
1957
Accession number:
A95.290
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"Urenui River & Redoubt"
Production date:
1956
Accession number:
A95.319
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Name/Title:
Messenger, Arthur Herbert
Production date:
1861-1961
Accession number:
ARC2002-544
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"Dicky Barrett goes aboard an emigrant barque off New Plymouth 1842"
Production date:
1949
Accession number:
A66.614
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"Dicky Barrett at the defence of Ngamotu Pa, feb 1832"
Production date:
1949
Accession number:
A66.286
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