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De Gruchy & Leigh
William John Wills, c. 1861
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
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
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.
Thomas Foster Chuck
The Burke and Wills Monument, 1869
Portrait, albumen paper photograph on carte de visite
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001
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.
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.
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
William John Wills
Biography
William John Wills (1834-1861) came to Victoria with his brother in early 1853.
3 portraits in the collection
![William and Martha Mary Robertson and their children [William St Leonards, Eliza, John, William St Leonards on a horse, Beatrice and Ida]](/files/5/3/6/1/i12225-sl.jpg "William and Martha Mary Robertson and their children [William St Leonards, Eliza, John, William St Leonards on a horse, Beatrice and Ida]")
![William and Martha Mary Robertson and their children [William St Leonards, Eliza, John, William St Leonards on a horse, Beatrice and Ida]](/files/5/3/6/1/i12225-ths.jpg "William and Martha Mary Robertson and their children [William St Leonards, Eliza, John, William St Leonards on a horse, Beatrice and Ida]")
Various
William and Martha Mary Robertson and their children [William St Leonards, Eliza, John, William St Leonards on a horse, Beatrice and Ida], 1860s-1870s
Portrait, eight carte de visites, hand coloured, contained in a red leather presentation case
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Max Dupain OBE
Colin Wills, c. 1940s
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2021. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
William Daniell after George Dance
William Hodges RA, 1808 (dated 1810)
Portrait, etching on paper
Purchased 2010
William Pidgeon
Sir William Gaston Walkley, 1958
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Caltex Australia Ltd 2008
William Daniell after George Dance
William Westall, 1854
Portrait, etching on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011