Skip to main content
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography logo

Haurongo: Atkinson, Harry Albert

Harry Atkinson painted by Kate Sperrey

Harry Atkinson painted by Kate Sperrey

This portrait of Harry Albert Atkinson was painted by 'one of the best portrait painters New Zealand has produced', Kate Sperrey.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: G-615

Oil painting by Eleanor Katherine Sperrey

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Judith Bassett. 'Atkinson, Harry Albert', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/50/harry-atkinson-painted-by-kate-sperrey (accessed 4 June 2026).