Property from an English Private Collection

HENRY WEIGALL JNR (BRITISH 1829-1925)
Portrait of Florence Stephenson
oil on canvas
75.6 x 63.2 cm (29 3/4 x 24 7/8 in)
Painted circa 1860

PROVENANCE:
Sale, Christie's, London, 6 September 2001, lot 101
The Cider House Galleries Ltd, Bletchingley
Purchased from the above by the present owner in November 2001

A portrait of the wife of Benjamin Charles Stephenson (son of Sir William Henry Stephenson). Stephenson was an English dramatist, lyricist and producer of several long running shows of Victorian theatre in both London and New York. He wrote for the theatre using the pen name 'Bolton Rowe'. His biggest hit was the 1886 comic opera Dorothy which came to be regarded as a classic Victorian piece.