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.
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Citations

  • Watling, T. (c.1794), 'Letters from an Exile at Botany Bay to his Aunt in Dumfries’, Penrith, Scotland, (reprint, Sydney 1945).

  • Smith, B. (1960), 'European Vision and the South Pacific 1768 1850’, Melbourne, Victoria (with A. Wheeler, eds), (2nd edn, Yale, 1986).

  • Gladstone, H. (1933), 'Thomas Watling, Limner of Dumfries’, Dumfries, Scotland, and/or Transactions of the Dumfriessshire and Galloway Natural History Antiquarian Society 1938, 76 pp.

Initial data sources

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

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Residences
  • c.1762 - c.1814 Dumfries, Scotland, UK
  • c.1800 - c.1803 Calcutta (Kolkata), India, Calcutta (Kolkota), India
  • c.1792 - c.1797 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1762 - 1789 Dumfries, Scotland, UK
  • c.1893 - c.1814 Dumfries, Scotland, UK
  • c.1800 - c.1803 Calcutta (Kolkata), India, Calcutta (Kolkota), India
  • c.1792 - c.1797 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1762 - 1789 Dumfries, Scotland, UK
Other occupations
  • author
  • draughtsman
  • art master
  • author
  • draughtsman
  • art master
Alternative names
  • Thomas Watlin
  • Thomas Watlin
Arrivals
  • 1792 (Sydney, NSW, vessel; 'Royal Admiral')
  • 7 October 1792 (Sydney, NSW, vessel; 'Royal Admiral')
Related people
  • Collins, David (associate of)
  • Watlin, Ham (child of)
  • Kirkpatrick, Marion (relative of)
  • Paton, (associate of)
  • Hunter, Governor (associate of)
  • Collins, David (associate of)
  • Watlin, Ham (child of)
  • Kirkpatrick, Marion (relative of)
  • Paton, (associate of)
  • Hunter, Governor (associate of)
Related person groups
  • John White (associate of)
  • John White (associate of)
Related works
  • Ciliary Warbler (silver-eye) (creator of)
  • Sun Rising--Going out of Port-Jackson Harbour (creator of)
  • Dayes's View (creator of)
  • Blake's View (creator of)
  • Ciliary Warbler (silver-eye) (creator of)
  • Sun Rising--Going out of Port-Jackson Harbour (creator of)
  • Dayes's View (creator of)
  • Blake's View (creator of)
Related collections
  • private collections (collected in)
  • Petherick Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (collected in)
  • Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London, England (collected in)
  • private collections (collected in)
  • Petherick Collection, National Library of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (collected in)
  • Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London, England (collected in)
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