Edward Rigby Stephenson b. 14 September 1847

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Edward Rigby Stephenson, a sketcher, born in South Wales travelled extensively while studying, and after a brief illness died in 1865. After his death 'Miscellaneous Pieces by the late Edward R. Stephenson' was privately published by his friend.
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sketcher and schoolboy, was born on 14 September 1847 in Saundersfoot House, St Issell’s, near Tenby, South Wales. He came to South Australia with his parents in 1856. In November 1858 he visited his uncle, Dr Vickerman, at Hazelands in the Wairau district of New Zealand, proceeding from there to England in 1860. He spent 1861 at a collegiate school in France. On 10 July 1862 he left England with his mother and arrived back at Adelaide on 25 October. He entered St Peter’s Collegiate School the following month, continuing his studies 'until the brief illness of five days which terminated fatally on the 15th of May, 1865’. Later that year Essays and Miscellaneous Pieces by the late Edward R. Stephenson was privately published in Adelaide 'with a preface by his friend C. Todd Esq. F.R.A.S.’. It contained the unfinished poem 'A Tale of Waitara’ (New Zealand), published from rough notes discovered after his death, and was illustrated with a photograph of Stephenson’s pen, ink and wash sketch of a moonlit landscape, presumably a New Zealand subject.

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References [<ExternalResource: Holden, R. (1988), 'Photography in Colonial Australia: The Mechanical Eye and the Illustrated Book', Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia.>, <ExternalResource: (28 December 1865), Australian Register.>]