British sculptor
William Humphries Stephens (1739–c.1820) was an 18th/19th century British sculptor.
Life
He was born in 1739 the son of Joseph Stephens, a stonecutter in Worcester. He was apprenticed to his father in 1751 and became a Freeman mason in 1760. He initially in partnership with a Mr Bott and early works are signed Bott & Stephens.[1]
Around 1787 his son Joseph Stephens joined as an apprentice and became a junior partner around 1794.
Works
Under Apprenticeship
Tomb of Thomas Parker in Longden (1751)
Bott & Stephens
- Memorial to Richard Carwardine at St John's Church in Bedwardine (1763)
Stephens & Co
References
- ^ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.373