William Humphries Stephens
# William Humphries Stephens

William Humphries Stephens (1739–c.1820) was an 18th/19th century British sculptor.

## Life

He was born in 1739 the son of Joseph Stephens, a stonecutter in Worcester. He was apprenticed to his father in 1751 and became a Freeman mason in 1760. He initially in partnership with a Mr Bott and early works are signed Bott & Stephens.

Around 1787 his son Joseph Stephens joined as an apprentice and became a junior partner around 1794.

## Works

### Under Apprenticeship

Tomb of Thomas Parker in Longden (1751)

### Bott & Stephens

* Memorial to Richard Carwardine at St John's Church in Bedwardine (1763)

### Stephens & Co

* Monument to William Hankins at Dymock (1771)
* Monument to Thomas Dunn in All Saints Church in Evesham (1777)
* Memorial to Arthur Charlett in Fladbury (1779)
* Monument to Robert Bateson in Bourton-on-the-Water (1779)
* Monument to Robert Woodward in Worcester Cathedral (1780)
* Monument to Sarah Hall in Ledbury (1780)
* Monument to Mary Astley in Worcester Cathedral (1782)
* Monument to William Bach in Leominster (1785)
* Memorial to Rev Hudson Boyce at Fladbury (1786)
* Monument to Patience Turner in All Saints Church in Worcester (1786)
* Monument to Rev James Gyles at Powick (1792)
* Monument to Mary and Richard Clarke in Gloucester Cathedral (1792)
* Monument to Jonathan Green in Ashford Bowdler (1792)
* Monument to John Williams in All Saints Church in Worcester (1793)
* Memorial to Mary Hall in Worcester Cathedral (1794)
* Monument to Rev George Martin in Overbury (1796)
* Monument to Daniel Ellis in Elmore, Gloucestershire (1797)
* Monument to Joseph Berwick in St Nicholas Church in Worcester (1798)
* Memorial to Bishop Hurd in Worcester Cathedral (1808)
* Memorial to Lord Somers at Eastnor, Herefordshire (1808)
