Percy Frederick Seaton Spence: A Life in Illustration and Portraiture Born: December 14, 1868, Sydney, Australia Died: August 3, 1933, Middlesex Hospital, London Percy Frederick Seaton Spence, known as Percy Spence, was a prominent Australian artist celebrated for his versatility as an illustrator and portraitist. Born in Balmain, Sydney, he was the seventh child of English parents Francis Spence, a civil servant, and Hannah Turnbull. His early years were spent in Fiji where his father held a government position, providing him with unique experiences that would later inform some of…