Identify Victorian photo and inscription

[arthurk]

More on John Whiteford Stevenson, with photo, at https://bdcconline.net/en/stories/john-w-stevenson

There's a clearer version of the same photo at https://missiology.org.uk/pdf/e-books/broomhall-m/j-w-stevenson_broomhall.pdf (on page 2 of pdf). This has a few other photos too - list on page 7 (ix of original). The one on page 27 of the pdf seems to me to be pretty similar to the one here.

[kath davis]

It could well be the same person. Given difference in age in the photos, his hairline seems very similar. He appears on Ancestry, so there is some possibility that descendants could be found.
Born 30 Mar 1844, Kelton Kirkcudbright Scotland
Married Anney Jolley  1865 - Poplar London
He could well be 47 in this photo - 1891
Died in China 1918
4 children listed on an Ancestry Tree - this has quite a lot of information, but I haven't checked it!
Kath

[jaamac]

Thanks, everyone, for your brilliant efforts. I will follow this up and see if I can get some thing more definitive, but its certainly a great lead and I am extremely grateful for your findings.
I've read the story of John Stevenson and it in itself is most impressive, these 19th Century missionaries were hard and dedicated men and women, one can't but greatly admire their tenacity.
Jaamac