William Spence (sculptor)

He was born in Chester in 1793 and showed artistic talent at an early age. He was sent to Liverpool to study drawing and carving under a Mr Pether. In Liverpool he met and befriended John Gibson who was working nearby at Samuel Francey's yard and got Spence a job in this yard.^[1]

Spence went into partnership with Francey in 1819.^[2]

He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1821 to 1844.^{[citation needed]}

He was given the post of Professor of Drawing at Liverpool Academy of Arts. He died in Liverpool in 1849.^{[citation needed]}

• "Young Hymen" exhibited at Liverpool Academy of Arts (1812)
• Cupid Riding a Dolphin (1813)
• Bust of William Roscoe (1813) (now in the National Portrait Gallery, London)^[3]
• Monument to Rachel Roe in Christ Church in Macclesfield (1819)
• Bust of Thomas Leyland (1822)
• Bust of Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet (1824)
• Bust of Benjanin Heywood (1824)
• Bust of George Canning (1824)
• Bust of William Hope (1824)
• Bust of John Foster (1827)
• Monument to Edward Rowland at Ruabon (1828)
• Bust of George Canning (1828)
• Bust of J B Hollinshead (1828)
• Monument to Mary Williams at Corwen (1829)
• Monument to John Gore St James Cemetery Chapel in Liverpool (1830)
• Monument to Margarrette Golightly at Gresford (1831)
• Statue of William Roscoe (1832)
• Memorial to Rev James Archer at Middleton, Lancashire (1832)
• Bust of Robert Prescott (1834)
• Monument to John and Henry Fletcher at Overton, Flintshire (1834)
• Monument to Michael Heathcote at Ormskirk (1835)
• Bust of Lord Sandon (1836)
• Monument to Catherine Shufflebotham at Betley (1836)
• Monument to Harriet Vyse at Holmes Chapel (1836)
• Monument to Sarah Vawdrey at Middlewich (1837)
• Bust of Sir Walter Scott (1837)
• Monument to Margaret Hoskins at Melling, Lancashire (1838)
• Monument to Elizabeth Latham at Sandbach (1839)
• Monument to Thomas Parker at Colne (1842)
• Monument to Anne Goodwin at Gresford (1842)
• "Caractacus before Claudius Caesar" (1844)
• Monument to Milborne Tynte at Goathurst (1845)
• Monument to Joseph Bradbury at Huddersfield Parish Church (1845)
• Monument to Henry Swetenham at Astbury (dnk)