William Spence

(1792-1849)

LBT ID: WiSpenc1849 VIAF ID: 95832352	B/BAP: 1792 DIED: 1849-07-06
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (October 1849) 435-36; Virtual International Authority File
Born in Cheshire, he was a Liverpool sculptor and professor of drawing who exhibited at the Royal Academy. He was the father of the sculptor Benjamin Evans Spence (d. 1866).
REFERENCES TO William Spence: Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XXI. Found 1: ¶ 65