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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-04-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002720b.htm person Watling Thomas AACR2 19 September 1762 c. 1814 Place of Birth Drumfriesshire, Scotland Artist Thomas Watling was a convict who was transported to Sydney in 1791 for forgery. His artistic talents were used by the surgeon-general, John White, an ardent naturalist. Most of his surviving work is in the so-called Watling Collection in the zoological library of the British Museum (Natural History); many of the natural history drawings are extensively annotated in John White's hand. 1791 1791 Life event - Transported to Australia for forgery 1795 1795 Career position - Probably assigned to the judge-advocate David Collins 1796 1796 Life event - Conditional pardon 1797 1797 Life event - Absolute pardon granted 1801 1803 Career position - Miniature painter in Calcutta, India 1803 c. 1806 Career position - Artist in Scotland White, John (c. 1756 - 1832)

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 'Watling, Thomas', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Watling, Thomas Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Watling, Thomas (1762-), convict and artist Rienits, Rex Watling, Thomas (1762-), convict and artist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 574-575 Book: Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists MacInnis, Peter Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists Canberra National Library of Australia 2012 Journal Article: Thomas Watling, artist Mathews, Gregory M and Iredale, Tom Thomas Watling, artist 1922 Austral avian record 5 1 22-31 Book: Early Artists of Australia Rienits, Rex and Rienits, Thea Early Artists of Australia Sydney Angus and Robertson 1963 Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes