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 | | One of the latter, King Alfred and his Mother, he translated into an unfinished oil painting (1848); modeled on the Doni tondo of The Holy Family (1504), it reflects Stevens’s admiration for Michelangelo. |
 | | Stevens entered the New Palace of Westminster fresco competition (1843), unsuccessfully, and produced illustrations to Homer before being appointed what he called ‘professor of everything’ at the Government School of Design at Somerset House in 1845. |
 | | Following his resignation in 1847, Stevens concentrated on independent works, such as interior decorations for Deysbrook House, Liverpool (1847; now destroyed), unexecuted designs for the base of the Nelson Memorial, London, and Bible and history illustrations. |
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