Person

Garling, Frederick (1806 - 1873)

Born: 23 February 1806
London, England
Died: 16 November 1873
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Marine artist

Summary

Frederick Garling was a marine artist and customs official. He produced a large number of paintings, his subjects included many of the ships that entered Port Jackson.

Details

Chronology

1815: Life event - Settled in Australia
1827 - 1847: Career position - Landing Waiter in the Customs Office in Sydney
1847 - ?: Career position - Acting Landing Surveyor of the Customs Office in Sydney

Published resources

Book Sections

Walsh, G. P., 'Garling, Frederick (1806-1873), customs official and marine artist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 427-428. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/garling-frederick-2080. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537867. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93884014. Details
'Garling, Frederick (1806-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-587887. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 27 March 2018

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