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National Trust Appeal

Reed Children Conservation Appeal

The National Trust seeks your support for the conservation of this important portrait of Frederick Hawley Reed (1854 - 1893) and Arthur Crookes Reed ( 1858 - 1930), youngest children of Henry Reed.

Damaged by water many years ago the portrait has been stabilised while the Trust seeks funds for its full conservation, and the construction of a new frame

Portrait of the Reed Children

Reed Children – Frederick and Arthur Reed

Artist: Attributed to Robert Dowling (1827 - 1886)
Title: Reed Children – Frederick and Arthur Reed
Dimensions: 1 m wide x 1.50 m high
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Collection: National Trust of Australia (Tasmania)
Location: Clarendon

 

A Sample of the water damage

A closer look at a sample of the damage needing attenion

To donate funds towards the painting's conservation please contact the National Trust

Background

Henry Reed (1806-1990) was a prominent Tasmanian landowner, merchant, shipowner and philanthropist.  Born in Doncaster in 1806 he arrived in Hobart in 1827 and walked to Launceston where he took a position with the Merchant John Gleadow.

In 1831 he returned to Britain and married his cousin Suzanna Maris Grubb of "Cheltenham" in October.  Soon after they returned to Launceston.