Thomas Watling b. 1762

Also known as Thomas Watlin
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, author and convict from Dumfries, Scotland, Watling was transported to Sydney in 1792. Most of Watling's work are of natural history subjects but there are also many sensitive portraits of Aboriginal figures and a few landscape views, which serve as invaluable records of early colonial life.
creator of
Ciliary Warbler (silver-eye)

see entry for John White, Chief Surgeon

 
creator of
Sun Rising--Going out of Port-Jackson Harbour
 
creator of
Dayes's View
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creator of
Blake's View
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creator of
A Direct North General View of Sydney Cove, the Chief British Settlement in New South Wales; as it appeared in 1794, being the 7th year of its Establishment
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Note: Exhibited in The Australian Landscape, 1972