William Wilson b. 6 November 1810

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William Wilson, framemaker, carver and gilder, produced decorative gilt frames in Launceston from his arrival in about 1842 until the mid-1850s. John Glover, Joseph Mathias Negelen, Robert Dowling and Frederick Strange are the major painters who used Wilson frames.
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Frame of John Glover's 'The Swilker Oak' NT, (Clarendon House, Evandale, Tas).

(Glover gave the painting to a fellow passenger, Charles Weedon, when they were coming to Van Dieman’s Land in 1831).

 
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Frame of the portrait of a member of the Stevens family by Joseph Mathias Negelen (1792-1870).

Private collection.

 
creator of
Frame of Robert Hawker Dowling's Portrait of William Pritchard Weston.

(Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas).

 
creator of
Frame of Robert Dowling's portrait of Sir Richard Dry in his official costume of Speaker of the Legislative Council
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(unlocated – other portraits of Dry have Hood frames). Dowling and Strange are the major painters who used Wilson frames.

 
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Frame of Frederick Strange's Portrait of Mrs Ann Waddell
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(Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas).

 

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