Joseph Stephens
Born 1808 (Circa)
Died 1 March 1873
Active: 1830 - 1873
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, marble mason
Born and died in Worcestershire. He was the son of the sculptor Joseph Stephens I (1773-1834) of Worcester and the grandson of William Humphries Stephens (born 1737). The younger Joseph attended the Royal Academy Schools in 1828 on the recommendation of Francis Chantrey. He lived and worked in London in the early 1830s. After his father's death he continued the successful family business in Worcester and was a prolific statuary. He did not marry and his executor was the city surgeon.
Wealth at death: £300 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 26 March 1873
Works
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Locations
Address Copenhagen Street Worcester England | View on map
1851 (Circa) - 1873
This was probably his business and residential address, however not continuously living here between these dates
Address 106 Javery Charity St Andrews Worcester England | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1833 - 1852
Exhibited 3 times, once after 1851
Personal and Professional Connections
Supported by Francis Legatt Chantrey
1828 (Presumed)
Stephens entered the Royal Academy Schools on the recommendation of Chantrey
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculptor & Marble Mason'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Sculpture Marble Worker employing 3 (or could be 8) Men 2 Boys'
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 1196-8
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
HO107 piece 2042 folio 635 page 8
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
Class: RG9; Piece: 2093; Folio: 56; Page: 24; GSU roll: 542916
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 3051 folio 60 page 6
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Joseph Stephens
Estimated birth year: abt 1808
Year of Registration: 1873
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 65
District: Worcester
County: Hereford and Worcester, Worcestershire
Volume: 6c
Page: 211
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Joseph Stephens
Probate Date: 26 Mar 1873
Death Date: 1 Mar 1873
Death Place: Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Registry: Worcester
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
1852
Citing this record
'Joseph Stephens', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib7_1219752898, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
