Saint-Gaudens modeled the first version of his portrait relief of Stevenson in 1887, reworking it in various shapes and sizes throughout his career.

RELATED LITERATURE
The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Augustus Saint-Gaudens: The Portrait Reliefs, New York, 1969, nos. 39-41
J.H. Dryfhout, 'Robert Louis Stevenson', Metamorphoses in Nineteenth Century Sculpture, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975, pp. 197-200
K. Geenthal, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Master Sculptor, Boston, 1985, pp. 119-121