Biography: Taylor, Ernest Mervyn

Wood engraver at work

This 1952 short film discusses the range of Mervyn Taylor’s work, and shows him working on a wood engraving at his home studio in Karori, Wellington.

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Reference: New Zealand Mirror 13. National Film Unit, 1952

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Tony Mackle. 'Taylor, Ernest Mervyn', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated June 2015. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/46575/wood-engraver-at-work (accessed 4 June 2026).