Robert Louis Stevenson and family

Artistback to top

• J. Davis (active 1890s). Artist of 1 portrait.

Sittersback to top

• (Samuel) Lloyd Osbourne (1868-1947), Novelist; stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson. Sitter in 2 portraits.
• Fanny Stevenson (née Van de Grift) (1840-1914), Former wife of Samuel Osbourne, and later wife of Robert Louis Stevenson. Sitter in 2 portraits.
• Margaret Stevenson (née Balfour) (1829-1897), Mother of Robert Louis Stevenson. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Novelist and essayist. Sitter associated with 22 portraits.
• Austin Strong (born 1880), Son of Isobel Stuart Strong (née Osbourne). Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Isobel Stuart Strong (née Osbourne) (1858-1953), Stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson; wife of Joseph Strong. Sitter in 1 portrait.
• Joseph Dwight Strong, Painter. Sitter in 1 portrait.

This portraitback to top

Taken by the local postmaster, this photograph shows Stevenson, seated in the centre, on the verandah of the house he built there. The house was named Vailima, meaning 'five streams', on Mount Vaea. The other sitters are, from left to right, Lloyd Osbourne, his stepson and collaborator; Stevenson's mother, Isobel Osbourne; Mrs Joseph Strong, stepdaughter and amanuensis; Austin Strong, the Strongs' son; Stevenson's wife, and Joseph Strong, his stepson-in-law.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Birkett, Dea; Morris, Jan (foreword), Off the Beaten Track: Three Centuries of Women Travellers, 2004 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 7 July to 31 October 2004), p. 56
• Rogers, Malcolm, Camera Portraits, 1989 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 20 October 1989 - 21 January 1990), p. 129

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Off the Beaten Track (7 July 2004 - 31 October 2004)

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Buildings and architecture
• Chairs
• Children
• Doorways and archways
• Family portraits
• Group portraits
• Hats and head-attire
• In profile