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Horatio S. Wills
Biography
Horatio Spencer Howe Wills (1811–1861), pastoralist, politician and newspaper proprietor, was born in Sydney, several months after the death of his father, Edward Spencer Wills, a merchant and shipowner who'd arrived in New South Wales under a life sentence for highway robbery in 1799.
2 portraits in the collection
Horatio Spencer Wills, c. 1870
Wilmot & Key
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
Horatio Spencer Wills, c. 1855
an unknown artist
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.
Horace Spencer Wills and Cedric Spencer Wills, c. 1859
an unknown artist
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.
James Horatio Nelson Cassell, late 1840s to early 1850s
an unknown artist
Portrait, daguerreotype
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Horace 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
Egbert 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
Cedric 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
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
Colin Wills
Biography
Colin Wills (1906–1965), journalist and author, was born in Toowoomba, Queensland and grew up in Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Puddled state, 2008
by David Wills
Image
Thomas Wentworth Wills
Biography
Thomas Wentworth (Tom) Wills (1836–1880), is popularly thought of as the co-inventor of Australian Rules football.
2 portraits in the collection
William John Wills
Biography
William John Wills (1834-1861) came to Victoria with his brother in early 1853.
3 portraits in the collection
Egbert Spencer Wills, c. 1870
Wilmot & Key
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.
Colin Wills, c. 1940s
Max Dupain OBE
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Thomas Wentworth Wills
In their own words
In their own words