Lady Henrietta Stephen b.

Also known as Henrietta Ravenscroft
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and art collector from a family of anti-slavery campaigners - her uncle was William Wilberforce. Lady Stephen came to Melbourne in 1855 and several of her artworks, all of European subjects, were shown in the 1869 Melbourne Public Library Exhibition. It is not known if she created any works with an Australian subject matter.

Citations

  • Zain’uddin, A. Thomson (1976), 'James Wilberforce Stephen’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, [Nairn, B. (ed.)], Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1891), 'Burke’s Colonial Gentry’, London, England, UK.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870