The Damascus Gate, Jerusalem signed indistinctly lower left 'P A F Stephenson' signed and inscribed on the reverse 'The Moon and the / Stars to rule by / Night - Ps. 136 - 9 / The Damascus Gate / P. A. F. Stephenson' watercolour on paper 26 x 18cm Footnote: Provenance: Cheffins, Cambridge, 16th January 2003, lot 371 Philippa Stephenson was an artist and explorer, best known for her colourful and detailed watercolour paintings. She lived near London, but frequently worked abroad and regularly exhibited her topographical paintings at the Alpine Club in London. She often painted scenes of Israel and Jordan as well as the Himalayan mountains. Stephenson exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art in the 1890s as well as the Walker Galleries in London. In 1919, she was awarded an OBE by King George V for her contribution to the Essex Regiment Prisoners of War Fund following the First World War.