William Humphries Stephens (1739c.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

  1. Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.373
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