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Fay and Jane Birkinshaw  1938	Cleopatra  1938	Leo Bensemann  1938
Lawrence Baigent  1938-39/1943	Head of a Maori boy  1938-39	Self-portrait  1936-37
Self-portrait (in green jacket)  1936 - 1937	Self-portrait  circa 1937	Rita Cook bookplate  1937-38
Composition with self-portrait  circa 1937	Portrait of Jean Angus  1937	Jean Angus  1937
Tilli Frankel  1939	Jean Stevenson  1937

Jean Stevenson

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Jean Stevenson was one of many independent and talented young women in Rita Angus’s circle. She edited The Press Junior, a children’s supplement to Christchurch’s daily newspaper.

In 1934, Stevenson invited Angus to illustrate stories for The Press Junior. Angus retained this job until 1937, when she left to work as a fashion illustrator for Ballantyne’s department store.