Edward Bowring Stephens
Edward Bowring Stephens ARA , was a British sculptor from Devon generally considered to be the finest ever produced by that county. He was honorary secretary of the Institute of Sculptors circa 1861.
Edward Bowring Stephens was born in Exeter, the son of James Stephens , a statuary mason. His middle name may relate to a familial tie with the prominent Bowring family of Exeter, descended from local wool merchants, a member of which was Sir John Bowring , Governor of Hong Kong, whose marble bust was sculpted by E.B. Stephens and is now in the collection of the Devon and Exeter Institution, Exeter.
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