See also:

• ALFRED

ALFRED See also:

• STEVENS,
• STEVENS, A
• ALFRED STEVENS (1818-1875)
• STEVENS, ALFRED (1828-1906)
• STEVENS, HENRY (1819—1886)

STEVENS (1818-1875)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British sculptor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BLANDFORD, or BLANDFORD FORUM

Blandford in See also:

• DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Dorset on the 28th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1818 . He was the son of a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house painter, and in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of his career he painted pictures in his leisure See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours . In 1833, through the kindness of the See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of his See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish, he was enabled to go to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, where he spent nine years in study', at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan and See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice . He had never been at an See also:

• ENGLISH

English school . In 1841 See also:

• THORWALDSEN, BERTEL (1770.1844)

Thorwaldsen employed him for a See also:

• YEAR

year in Rome . After this he See also:

• LEFT

left Italy for See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and in 1845 he obtained a tutorial position in the School of See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

Design, See also:

• LONDON

London . This See also:

• POST

post he occupied until 1847 . In 185o he became See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief artist to a See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield See also:

• FIRM

firm of workers in See also:

• BRONZE

bronze and See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal . In 1852 he returned to London . To this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period belongs his design for the vases on the railings in front of the British Museum, and also the lions on the See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf posts which were subsequently transferred to the inside of the museum . In 1856 occurred the competition for the See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument, originally intended to be set up under one of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral, though it was only consigned to that position in 1892 . See also:

• STEVENS,
• STEVENS, A
• STEVENS, ALFRED (1818-1875)
• STEVENS, ALFRED (1828-1906)
• STEVENS, HENRY (1819—1886)

Stevens agreed to carry out the monument for £2o,000—a quite inadequate sum, as it afterwards turned out .

The greater part of his See also:

• LIFE

life as a sculptor Stevens devoted to this See also:

• GRAND

grand monument, constantly harassed and finally worn out by the interference of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, . want of See also:

• MONEY

money and other difficulties . Stevens did not live to see the monument set up—perhaps fortunately for him, as it was for many years placed in a small See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel, where the effect of the whole was utterly destroyed and its magnificent bronze See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups hidden from view . Stevens was aware of the position finally decided on for the See also:

• WORK

work, and he suppressed the equestrian See also:

• GROUP

group intended for the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit and left the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model for the latter feature in a rough See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . On the removal of the monument from the chapel to the intercolumnar space on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north side of the See also:

• NAVE

nave for which it was originally designed, the model of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse and See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man was placed in the hands of an able See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young sculptor, trained mainly in another school, to be worked upon and See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast in bronze . The incongruity of the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea did not strike those responsible for the proceeding . Its completion was still not carried into effect in 19x0, after years of work and polemics, and it was feared that it would have a disastrous result on the masterpiece as a whole . Indeed the See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Royal See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of British Architects declared that the structure would not See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of the addition . The monument itself consists of a See also:

• SARCOPHAGUS (Gr. vapsorg yos, literally " flesh-eating," from vapt, flesh, ¢ayeiv, to eat)

sarcophagus supporting a recumbent bronze effigy of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke, over which is an arched See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble See also:

• CANOPY (through Fr. canape, from Med. Lat. canapeum, classical conopeum, a mosquito curtain, Gr. K6v(.4, a gnat)

canopy of See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style on delicately enriched shafts . At each end of the upper part of the canopy is a large bronze group, one representing Truth tearing the See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue out of the mouth of False-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood, and the other Valour trampling Cowardice underfoot . The two virtues are represented by very stately See also:

• FEMALE

female figures modelled with wonderful beauty and vigour; the vices are two nude male figures treated in a very massive way . The vigorous strength of these groups recalls the style of See also:

• MICHELANGELO (MICHELAGNIOLO BUONARROTI) (1475-1564)

Michelangelo, but Stevens's work throughout is See also:

• ORIGINAL

original and has a very distinct See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of its own . Owing to the many years he spent on this one work Stevens did not produce much other See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture ..

In See also:

• DORCHESTER
• DORCHESTER, DUDLEY CARLETON, VISCOUNT (1573-1632)
• DORCHESTER, GUY CARLETON

Dorchester House, See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, there is some of his work, especially a very See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble mantelpiece supported by nude female caryatids in a crouching attitude, modelled with great largeness of style . He also designed mosaics to fill the spandrels under the See also:

• DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome of St Paul's . Stevens died in London on the 1st of May 1875 . See SCUt.PTURE: British; See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• ARMSTRONG, ARCHIBALD (d. 1672)
• ARMSTRONG, JOHN (1709-1779)
• ARMSTRONG, JOHN (1758—1843)
• ARMSTRONG, SAMUEL CHAPMAN (1839—1893)
• ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG, BARON (1810—1900)

Armstrong, See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred Stevens (London, 1881); 11 . Stannus, Alfred Stevens (London, 1891) .