Earning his living working at Customs House, Frederick Garling only had early mornings and weekends to spend on his painting yet he was regarded as one of Sydney's most prolific marine painters, painting every ship that visited Sydney.
painter and customs officer, was born on 23 February 1806 in Holborn, London, eldest of the four children of Frederick Garling and his first wife Elizabeth, née Spratt.
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