Richard Ball Spencer (also, incorrectly, Richard Barnett Spencer)Biography of the artist under The Ship Australia, National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 3 March 2017 was a British marine painter, active from 1840 to 1874.
A son William Ball Spencer (1854-1923) (sometimes, incorrectly known as, Richard Barnett Spencer) also became active as a ship portraitist.Biography of the artist under The Ship Deva, National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 24 September 2021
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