LLOYD, TREVOR (?-1937), one of the earliest etchers in New Zealand, was the son of a farmer at Silverdale, Auckland, and was educated in the public school there. Artistically inclined, he taught himself and made many sketches and drawings of New Zealand fauna and flora and Maori faces until, on the death of his father in the early nineties, he moved to Auckland determined to make a living by his art.

Lloyd's first commission was to illustrate stories for the New Zealand Magazine, and he also contributed to the New Zealand Graphic. In 1903 he was appointed to the staff of the Auckland Weekly News, for which at first he drew mainly political cartoons and sketches of night and indoor events which were not susceptible of treatment by photography. Most of his work, including cartoons in every mood, was done in line and wash until 1921, when he began to contribute pen and ink drawings to the supplement of the New Zealand Herald. Lloyd was one of the first in New Zealand to make etchings, his subjects being mainly New Zealand bush scenes and other genre and Maori heads. He was keenly interested in native tools and carvings and spent much time searching for relics in caves and middens on the west coast north of Manukau. He died on 11 Sep 1937. He married (1894) Emily Lamont.

N.Z. Herald, 12 Sep 1937 (p).

Reference: Volume 1, page 267

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