Percy Spence b. 14 December 1868

Also known as Percy Frederick Seaton Spence, Percy F. S. Spence
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Federation-era Sydney painter, illustrator and Bulletin cartoonist. Spence was born in Sydney but raised in Fiji before spending a number of years in England, living, working and exhibiting. Spence's 1913 painting of the Australian Fleet entering Sydney Harbour is held in the Royal Collection.
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Name
Percy Spence
Also known as:
  • Percy Frederick Seaton Spence
  • Percy F. S. Spence
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
14 December 1868
Birth place
Balmain, Sydney, NSW
Death date
3 August 1933
Death place
London, England, UK, Middlesex Hospital, London, England, UK
Death note
Middlesex Hospital
Active Period
  • c.1888 - c.1933
Residence
  • c.1910 - c.1933 London, England, UK
  • c.1906 - c.1910 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1895 - c.1905 London, England, UK
  • c.1888 - c.1895 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1868 - c.1888 Fiji
Training
  • 1888 Art Society of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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Related collections
  • Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • High Court, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • High Court, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)