Walter Brookes Spong

Walter Brookes Spong (1851 – 2 March 1929 ) was an English stage and watercolor painter.

He married Elizabeth Twedle, and their daughter, Hilda (1875–1955), was an actress in theatre and movies, working in Australia, Europe, and America.

Spong was a friend of noted Australian artists Tom Roberts,[5] and Arthur Streeton.

In 1886, he was one of the founders of the Australian Artists' Association and the Victorian Art Society.

In 1900, he was listed as a stage painter in the records of the Royal Adelphi Theatre of London.