Agnes Barbara Henty

Also known as Agnes Henty, Agnes Barbara Reed
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Sketcher, she seems to have arrived in Melbourne c 1861. Her two known drawings are thought to be copies.
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sketcher, was a daughter of Rev. Edward Reed MA of Hanover Square, London. In London on 30 April 1861, she married the Victorian grazier Richmond Henty, nephew of James Henty . The couple had one son, Ernest, born in Kew, Melbourne, in 1862. Agnes Henty was awarded an honourable mention for two pen-and-ink drawings she showed at the 1861 Victorian Exhibition: The Light of the Harem and Let Him that is without Sin Cast the First Stone – evidently both copies.

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1992
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2011

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  • Reed, Edward (Rev MA) (child of)
  • Henty, Richmond (spouse of)
  • Henty, Ernest (parent of)
Related people
  • Henty, James (associate of)
Related works
  • Let Him that is without Sin Cast the First Stone (creator of)
  • The Light of the Harem (creator of)
Related recognitions
  • Victorian Exhibition (received)
Related events
  • Victorian Exhibition of Fine Arts (exhibited at)