THE WILSON FAMILY AT HOME

 

George H W portrait

George Wilson
Photo by A Fillon, Lisbon

Lucy H W portrait

Lucy Wilson
Photo by HW Bevan, Lowestoft

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George and Lucy Wilson had eleven children.

She died in 1888, aged 45, no doubt worn out from childbearing.....

   

Family group at The Orangery

Photographed near the Orangery, c.1877

From left to right (with apologies for quality) :

Basil (aged 4); Leonard (2); unknown, possibly Aunt Anna Maria; Louisa (9); Lucy Wilson (34), with Francis (1) on her knee; George Wilson (41); Arthur (8); Evelyn (5); George Rowland (10).

Not shown (not yet born): Villiers (b.1878); Piers (1883); Margaret (b.?).

   

Lucy HW with baby

Lucy Wilson with George Rowland, 1867

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Lucy HW with pram

Lucy Wilson, probably with George and Arthur, 1870,
and various aunts

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Photographed by C.S. Alger of Diss


   

GHW on couch

'Still Life' of George on a chaise longue

Lucy Wilson made sketches and watercolours wherever she went with the family. Drawing and painting were typical accomplishments for a Victorian lady.

 
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