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Revision as of 15:32, 28 July 2007
William Blundell Spence (January 13, 1814 – January 23, 1900) was an Anglo-Italian artist and art dealer. Born in Drypool, Yorkshire to noted entomologist William Spence and his wife Elizabeth Blundell, he spent the years 1828-1832 travling abroad with his parents. In 1836 he settled in Florence, Italy, where he spent the rest of his life. [1]
Trivia
Though not himself an entomologist, he joined the Entomological Society of London at its founding in 1833, and was noted as its longest-surviving original member.[2]
References
- ^ Fleming, John (1979). "Art Dealing in the Risorgimento II". The Burlington Magazine. 121 (917): 492-494+497-500+502-508.
- ^ Verrall, G. H. (1900). "Obituary". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London: page xxxvi.
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