Portrait study of a young woman

Name: WILLIAM BELL SCOTT (BRITISH, 1811-1890)
Brand: Portrait study of a young woman
Price: 2400.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 3,024

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GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

Closed: 15 Dec 2022

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WILLIAM BELL SCOTT (BRITISH, 1811-1890)

Portrait study of a young woman

Price Realised GBP 3,024

Closed: 15 Dec 2022

Price Realised GBP 3,024

Closed: 15 Dec 2022

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WILLIAM BELL SCOTT (BRITISH, 1811-1890)
Portrait study of a young woman
signed with initials and dated 'W.B.S. August 1846.' (lower left)
black chalk on buff paper
11¹⁄₂ x 9¹⁄₄ in. (29.2 x 23.5 cm.)

Probably Laura Alma-Tadema (née Epps) and by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

A poet and painter, William Bell Scott moved from his native Edinburgh to London in 1837, and his first Royal Academy exhibit was in 1842. By 1846, when the present drawing was made, he was closely associated with the nascent Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, with his poems inspiring Dante Gabriel Rossetti and appearing in . This drawing has previously been identified as Laura Alma-Tadema (née Epps), but she was not born until 1852.