Biography: Adams, Arthur Henry

Arthur Henry Adams and Alfred Francis Hill

This photograph of writer Arthur Henry Adams (left) and composer Alfred Francis Hill was taken around 1893, when they were collaborating on a comic opera, 'The whipping boy'.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-111100; F

Photograph by William Henry Scott Kinsey

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.

How to cite this page

Nelson Wattie. 'Adams, Arthur Henry', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21/arthur-henry-adams-and-alfred-francis-hill (accessed 11 June 2026).