J. H. Stevenson is best-known for his miniature portraits and, on his business card, described himself as ‘drawing master and miniature painter’. However, late in his career he also produced some landscape views and genre scenes. Stevenson exhibited in London at the Society of Artists from 1776 to 1782, at the Free Society in 1782 and at the Royal Academy from 1792 to 1833. He lived successively at 18 Fleet Street, in the City; 15 Finsbury Square, central London; and 3 Artillery Court, in the City.
