Biography: Coe, Herbert James Bowkett

Self portrait

Drawing in pencil of head and chest of a young man in open-necked shirt.

A self portrait drawn by James Coe when serving in the Pacific, 1943.

Using this item

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: Self portrait (CA000492/001/0002)

by James Bowkett Coe

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Michael Smythe. 'Coe, Herbert James Bowkett', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/47560/self-portrait (accessed 4 June 2026).