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Mervyn Taylor

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Mervyn Taylor

Artist Mervyn Taylor drew this pencil self-portrait in 1942, the year he enlisted in the army. During the Second World War he drafted maps and worked in the Army Education and Welfare Service. 

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Private collection

Pencil drawing by E. Mervyn Taylor

Courtesy of the E. Mervyn Taylor estate

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Tony Mackle. 'Taylor, Ernest Mervyn', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000, whakahou June 2015. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/46576/mervyn-taylor (accessed 4 June 2026).