Susan Bell Faed (1827–1909) was a Scottish artist, and the sister of three renowned artists:

Thomas Faed Thomas Faed RSA (1826–1900) was a Scottish painter who is said to have done for Scottish art what Robert Burns did for Scottish song. Life Faed was born on 8 June 1826, at Barlay Mill in Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, and was th ...

John Faed John Faed, R.S.A. (31 August 1819 – 22 October 1902) was a Scottish painter. Life John was the eldest son of the six children of James Faed, tenant of Barlay Mill, Galloway, and Mary Faed, ''née'' McGeoch. Two other sons, Thomas, and Jam ...

and

James Faed James Faed (4 April 1821 – 23 September 1911) was one of three famous Scottish brother painters/artists. Early life James was the second son of the six children of James Faed, tenant of Barlay Mill, near Gatehouse of Fleet, Galloway, and Mary ...

. She was a frequent sitter for all three brothers.

Life

Susan was born on 8 June 1827 the only daughter of the six children of James Faed (1777-1842), a tenant farmer at Barlay Mill in Girthon parish, near

Gatehouse of Fleet Gatehouse of Fleet ( sco, Gatehoose o Fleet gd, Taigh an Rathaid) is a town half in the civil parish of Girthon and half in the parish of Anwoth divided by the river Water of Fleet, Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, within the district council region o ...

Galloway Galloway ( ; sco, Gallowa; la, Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. A native or i ...

, and his wife Mary McGeoch (1790-1866). Following the death of her father in 1842, Susan and her mother, and younger brother George, moved to

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. As they do not appear on independent registers it is logical to presume they lived with the eldest brother,

. He lived in a very large Georgian house at 6 SW Circus Place in the Stockbridge district. They appear on the 1851 census but some time in the 1850s, following the death of George in 1852, she returned to Gatehouse of Fleet with her mother., probably to live with an uncle. They lived at Fleet Bank - a house viewing onto the

Water of Fleet The Water of Fleet is a river in Scotland flowing into Fleet Bay on the Solway Firth. Its two tributaries are the Big Water of Fleet, which begins around Loch Grannoch, and the Little Water of Fleet. The river flows through Gatehouse of Fleet be ...

. A competent artist she exhibited at the

Royal Scottish Academy The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) is the country’s national academy of art. It promotes contemporary Scottish art. The Academy was founded in 1826 by eleven artists meeting in Edinburgh. Originally named the Scottish Academy, it became the ...

from 1867 to 1899. In 1868 she joined her brother

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probably following the death of her mother (1866). From 1897 until her death in 1909 she lived at Ardmore near Gatehouse. From the summer of 1902 until his death in October of that year she cared for her brother

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and he was buried at Girthon churchyard. Susan died at Ardmore on 19 May 1909 and is buried in Girthon churchyard with her brother John (grave B126). The Faed home, Barclay Mill, survives and is a

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Family

She was only briefly married. in 1887 aged 59 she married John Walthew JP of Wood Hall,

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

, a widower. She lived with him two years before he died. They had no children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faed, Susan Bell 1827 births 1909 deaths People from Dumfries and Galloway Scottish women artists