E. Mervyn Taylor, 'Te kotuku rerenga tahi', 1949 - Print - wholesale Gallipoli Has a colossal squid ever

Has a colossal squid ever been seen alive

Print size: 596 x 802mm

as did the historian JC Beaglehole

She has been lucky enough to work at the Natural History Museum (London)

if such events could be depicted as reality in Florence or Siena

E. Mervyn Taylor, 'Te kotuku rerenga tahi', 1949 - Print - wholesale Gallipoli Has a colossal squid everErnest Mervyn Taylor was a wood engraver, painter, illustrator, sculptor and designer, born in Auckland in 1906. In the course of his career as a freelance artist, Mervyn was fascinated in his art with depicting Maori life and legends within his nationalist art movement. This movement sought to capture the particular qualities of New Zealands landscape and culture. Mervyn took on the role as being both an artist and communicator, for he wanted his art