• Title
  [Portrait of Henry Reeves, 1847] / lithograph by W.W. Thwaites
• Creator
  W. W. (Walter William) Thwaites, ca. 1814-1888
• Call number
  P2/506
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  [Sydney : W. Baker], 1847
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Prints
• Reference code
  900830
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 print - lithograph - 20.5 x 27.0 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Henry Reeves (1804-1852) was transported to Sydney on the "Hercules" in 1825. He received a conditional pardon in 1841 and established a coaching business and livery stable in West Maitland. In 1841 he took over the licence of the Albion Inn in High Street, West Maitland, and leased an adjoining 10 acre grazing paddock. Reeves sold and raffled horses, provided stud services, and in 1846 established the Maitland Jockey Club. In 1847, he transferred his licence to the Fitzroy Inn, West Maitland. In the same year the journal Heads of the People describes Reeves as the "proprietor of the Fitzroy Hotel at West Maitland and Clerk of the Course...a breeder of horses and genuine Turfite". He sold the hotel and his studhorses in 1849 due to failing health. He became an auctioneer and retained an interest in racehorses and breeding. Henry Reeves died aged 47 years on April 19, 1852 at his residence in Church Street, West Maitland.
  
  References:
  Horsemen of the first frontier (1788-1900) and the Serpent's legacy / by Keith R. Binney. Neutral Bay, N.S.W. : Volcanic Productions , [2005].
  Heads of the people : an illustrated journal of literature, whims, and oddities. [Sydney : W. Baker], 1847-1848, Vol. 1, no. 25, October 2, 1847
  The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser, April 21, 1852, p. 3 on Trove. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ (accessed July 16, 2010)
• Scope and Content
  A lithographic portrait of Henry Reeves in profile on horseback.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
• Published Information
  Plate facing p. 183 of: Heads of the people : an illustrated journal of literature, whims, and oddities. [Sydney : W. Baker], vol. 1, no. 25, 1847
• General note
  
  Digital order no:a4662001
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Inscribed 'Drawn by W.W. Thwaites from Life 1847' at lower right
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Baker, William Kellett, -1857
  
• Name
  Reeves, Henry (1804-1852)
  
• Subject
  Portraits, Australian--19th century.
  Horse breeders--New South Wales.
  
• Topic
  portraits
  emancipists
  horses
  horseriders
  lithographs
  businesspeople
  
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