William Bell Scott (1811-1890)

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William Bell Scott (1811-1890)

Algernon Charles Swinburne: after William Bell Scott

etching, circa 1860; published in Autobiographical Notes of the Life of William Bell Scott, W. Minto (ed.), London, 1892, Vol.II, p.18, with margins
S. 8¾ x 6¼in. (22.2 x 15.8cm.)

and a photograph of a self-portrait by Ford Madox Brown, signed and inscribed 'F. Madox B to W. B. Scott xxx' in pencil

Lot Essay

Scott's portrait of Swinburne, painted in 1860 when the poet was twenty-three, is at Balliol College, Oxford. Madox Brown's self-portrait, dating from 1875, is reproduced in F.M. Hueffer, Ford Madox Brown, 1896, facing p.1.

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