BOYD, Alexander Stuart 1854–1930

British artist and illustrator who worked as a Punch artist for many page 50 years. He and his wife, Mary Stuart Boyd, visited New Zealand about 1898 and he illustrated his wife's book Our Stolen Summer: the Record of a Roundabout Tour, 1900 with 170 pen and ink sketches. They returned to New Zealand about 1920 and settled in Takapuna, Auckland. Exhibited with ASA 1921–29: was still working member when he died in 1930.