Stylistically, there is a curious relationship between the crisp gothic revival pattern on the inner scotia and the scrolled leaf and flower corners, though this can be noted in other frames of the time. Stevens was, presumably, in competition with Whitehead, both for the work offered by the NGV (there are records of the Gallery purchasing frames from Stevens) and the framing of the important artists of the 1870s. A number of Buvelot’s paintings appear in frames by Stevens, while Whitehead frames are often associated with paintings by Eugéne von Guérard.