Harold Septimus Power: A Life in Art Early Life and Education Born on December 31, 1877, in Dunedin, New Zealand, to Peter Power, an Irish-born hatter, and Jane Amers, his Scottish wife. The family migrated to Australia when Harold was six years old. Initially pressured by his father to study veterinary surgery for four years, he pursued his artistic inclinations with the encouragement of Walter Withers. He began his art stud…