Frederick GARLING   1806  - 1873

Born in London, Frederick Garling arrived in Sydney with his family in 1815. In 1827, Garling accompanied Captain James Stirling on his Swan River Expedition. View from Mount Eliza depicts the dawn of the second day of the expedition. Barbara Chapman observes that 'when painting it later, he misread the indentation of bays on the southern shoreline as islands...Apart from this inaccuracy, the view is quite recognisable today. The point of land in the middle distance is Pelican Point, and in the centre of the picture is the entrance to the Canning River.'' View from Mount Eliza featured in the holmes à court Gallery's inaugural exhibition, Exploration and Transformation.

Garling specialised in marine subjects done in watercolour and exhibited in several leading exhibitions of the 1840's. He was reported to have painted every ship that came into Sydney Harbour for 40 years.

Reference:

Barbara Chapman, The Colonial Eye, Perth: AGWA, 1979

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