Philip Francis Stephanoff

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Philip Francis Stephanoff,[1] sometimes Francis Philip Stephanoff[2] (1787/88–1860) was an English painter.

Life

He was born in

Sir Joseph Banks as patron. James Stephanoff (1788?–1874), also an artist, was his elder brother.[2]

Stephanoff became a popular painter of historical and domestic subjects, working both in oils and watercolours. He exhibited at the

Old Watercolour Society from 1815 to 1820.[2]

His wife, Selina Roland, died suddenly. Stephanoff ceased to work as artist many years before his own death, which occurred at

West Hanham, near Bristol, on 15 May 1860.[2]

Works

Falstaff and Mistress Quickly by Philip Francis Stephanoff

Stephanoff's works The Trial of Algernon Sidney, Cranmer revoking his Recantation, Poor Relations, and The Reconciliation were engraved; he also furnished designs for The Keepsake and other annuals. For

Comus.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Peach, Annette. "Stephanoff, James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b c d e Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Stephanoff, Francis Philip" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainLee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Stephanoff, Francis Philip". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 54. London: Smith, Elder & Co.