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an unknown artist
Emily Spencer Wills, c. 1855
Portrait, 1/6 plate daguerreotype with applied colour in al brass matt (without original leather case)
Gift of T S Wills Cooke 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
an unknown artist
Horace Spencer Wills and Cedric Spencer Wills, c. 1859
Portrait, 1/2 plate ambrotype with applied colour in a double elliptical brass matt inside a leather case (without lid)
Gift of T S Wills Cooke 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
an unknown artist
Tom Wills, c. 1857 (printed c. 1905-1910)
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on grey paper on card
Gift of T S Wills Cooke 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
an unknown artist
Thomas Wentworth Wills, c. 1859
Portrait, 1/2 plate ambrotype with applied colour in a double elliptical brass matt in a leather case
Gift of T S Wills Cooke 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
an unknown artist
Horatio Spencer Wills, c. 1855
Portrait, 1/6 plate daguerreotype with applied colour in a brass matt in leather case
Gift of T S Wills Cooke 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Emily S. Wills
Biography
Emily Spencer Wills (1842–1925), Cedric Spencer Wills (1844–1914), Horace Spencer Wills (1847–1928), and Egbert Spencer Wills (1849–1931) the second, third, fourth, and fifth children of Horatio Wills and his wife Elizabeth, were all born at Lexington, spending their childhoods there and at Bellevue, the property acquired by Horatio Wills near Geelong in 1852.
1 portrait in the collection
De Gruchy & Leigh
William John Wills, c. 1861
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Maiden Mother Crone
Upcoming exhibition
Enter the intricate and elaborate worlds of contemporary artists Del Kathryn Barton, Emily Hunt and Jess Johnson.
Wilmot & Key
Egbert Spencer Wills, c. 1870
Portrait, carte de visite photograph, hand coloured on card
Gift of T S Wills Cooke 2014. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Wilmot & Key
Horatio Spencer Wills, c. 1870
Portrait, carte de visite photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of T S Wills Cooke 2014
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Henry Samuel Sadd, Fergusson & Mitchell, Melbourne after Thomas Adams Hill
William John Wills, 2nd in command of the Victorian Expedition, 1860-1861
Portrait, mezzotint on paper
Purchased with funds provided by Ross A Field 2007
Jenny Sages
Untitled (Study for 'Emily Kame Kngwarreye with Lily'), 1993
Portrait, charcoal on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Jenny Sages
Untitled (Study for 'Emily Kame Kngwarreye with Lily'), 1993
Portrait, charcoal on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Jenny Sages
Untitled (Study for 'Emily Kame Kngwarreye with Lily'), 1993
Portrait, charcoal on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Jenny Sages
Untitled (Study for 'Emily Kame Kngwarreye with Lily'), 1993
Portrait, charcoal on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Jenny Sages
Untitled (Study for 'Emily Kame Kngwarreye with Lily'), 1993
Portrait, charcoal on paper
Gift of the artist 2002. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.