William Blundell Spence

William Blundell Spence (13 January 1814 – 23 January 1900) was an English painter and art dealer.

Born in Drypool, Yorkshire, to noted entomologist William Spence and his wife Elizabeth Blundell, he spent the years 1826-1832 travelling abroad with his parents. In 1836 he settled in Florence, Italy, where he spent the rest of his life. [1]

As a painter, he specialized, mainly painting Alpine landscapes. At the 1870 Exhibition of Fine Arts in Parma, he exhibited an oil: Bagni of Lucca. Among other works are Dallo Porte Sante and La pensierosa. At Florence, in 1882: Veduta della Marina. In 1885, in the same city: Veduta del Chalet Plauta.[2]

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.[3]

References
  1. Fleming, John (1979). "Art Dealing in the Risorgimento II". The Burlington Magazine. Vol. 121 no. 917. pp. 492–494, 497–500, 502–508. JSTOR 197908.
  2. ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’, by Angelo de Gubernatis. . Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 491.
  3. Verrall, G. H. (1900). "Obituary". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London: xxxvi.


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