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The ALEXANDER, Captain Phillipson getting underway off Macquarie Fort Sydney NSW 1847
Frederick Garling Jr.1846
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
This watercolour ship's portrait of the ship ALEXANDER in 1847 shows the vessel off Fort Macquarie leaving Sydney NSW. It was painted by renowned marine artist Frederick Garling whose prodigious output covered most of the ships that came to Sydney during his lifetime as an artist. Garling was a self-taught artist who had worked as a customs agent. This image is typical of his style which re-created the atmosphere of the event he was painting.
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- Title: The ALEXANDER, Captain Phillipson getting underway off Macquarie Fort Sydney NSW 1847
- Creator: Frederick Garling
- Date: 1846
- Type: Painting
- Significance: The watercolour of the ship ALEXANDER commanded by Captain Edward Philipson in 1847, by Australia's premier colonial maritime artist Frederick Garling, represents the many mixed cargo and passenger vessels servicing Sydney in the 1840s. The work reveals topographical details of colonial Sydney in the 1840s, including Fort Macquarie, Government House and Sydney Cove making the painting an important colonial view. Garling painted many of the ships that came to Sydney NSW during the mid 19th century. Most of his paintings were in watercolour and a large number were unsigned.
- See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
- Medium: watercolour on paper, wood frame
- Dimensions: 472 x 575 x 63 mm, 3136.4 g
- Credit line: ANMM Collection
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