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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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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  • Sun Rising--Going out of Port-Jackson Harbour (creator of)
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  • 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)