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Title: A WILD ADVENTURE
By: Tom Pow
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1846972876
ISBN 13: 9781846972874
Publisher: BIRLINN GENERAL
Pub. date: 5 June, 2014
Pages: 112
Description: New poetry collection exploring the life of Thomas Watling - rogue, convicted forger and masterful artist.
Synopsis: Tom Pow's beautiful, powerful poems examine the remarkable life of Thomas Watling. Watling was born in Dumfries in September 1762 and raised by a long-suffering maiden aunt. Convicted of forging Bank of Scotland one-guinea notes he was sentenced to fourteen years in the recently founded colony of Botany Bay in Australia. The first professional artist to arrive in the colony, Watling was seconded to its Surgeon General (and amateur naturalist) John White. His pioneer paintings of birds, animals and the landscape became some of the principal records of the earliest days of Australia. He was eventually pardoned, on 5 April 1797, and left Australia, eventually returning home to Dumfries. He died there, most likely in 1814.
Illustrations: Illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Returns: Returnable
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