Henry Fenton Spread (American/Irish, 1844-1890)

Born in Kinsale, Ireland, Spread studied in South Kensington under Riviere and then with Slingeneyer in Brussels in 1863. He undertook painting tours in Melbourne, Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania before moving to New York in 1870, then to Chicago circa 1872. he was a member of the Chicago academy of design and the Pennsylvania academy of fine arts.