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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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Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK
National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

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http://cs.nga.gov.au/Default.cfm
High Court, Sydney, NSW
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Website

https://www.sydney.edu.au/museums/collections_search/?record=ecatalogue.51138
Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Description

The Art Gallery of New South Wales began in the 1870s as an aspect of the Academy of Art. Later it became known as the National Art Gallery of NSW. This name persisted beyond Federation in 1901. It was given its present name in 1958.
It remains the principal collecting and exhibiting body in NSW and is governed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Act of 1980.

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https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/

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Percy Spence b. 14 December 1868

Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK

National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

High Court, Sydney, NSW

University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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