William Reay b. 1830

Also known as Bedford, W. Bray
  • Artist (Painter)
William Reay, painter, art teacher, poet and coal-miner, migrated to Australia in response to the colonial success of his painting, 'Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise'. However, Reay's poetry lamented his exile from England, the beloved 'North Countree ..its meadows,foaming torrents, and rippling brooks'.

Citations

  • Moore, J.S. (1868), 'The Life and Genius of J.L. Michael’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Theobald, R. B. (1886), 'Poems and Lyrics by William Reay, Artist’, West Maitland, NSW.

  • (14 April 1855), 'Bell’s Life in Sydney’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (25 May 1903), 'William Reay – Obituary’, Newcastle Morning Herald, Newcastle, NSW.

  • (18 November 1863), Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Frawley, Gregory (Mason Gray Strange).

  • Information sourced from Kerr, J.S.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Reay, W. (1886), 'Poems and Lyrics’, West Maitland, NSW.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870