Name: WILLIAM BELL SCOTT (BRITISH, 1811-1890)
Brand: Five designs for tiles for Penkill Castle: A Rooster; A Roosting Hen with Chicks; Two Blackbirds; Two Magpies and a Beetle; and A Peacock
Price: 6500.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

WILLIAM BELL SCOTT (BRITISH, 1811-1890)
Five designs for tiles for Penkill Castle: A Rooster; A Roosting Hen with Chicks; Two Blackbirds; Two Magpies and a Beetle; and A Peacock
pencil, watercolor and bodycolor heightened with gum arabic on paper
5³⁄₈ x 5³⁄₈ in. (13.6 x 13.6 cm.) each

The artist, and by descent with the ownership of Penkill Castle.
Elton Eckstrand, acquired directly from the above, 1992.
His sale; Christie's, London, 7 April 1998, lot 179.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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Lot Essay

Penkill Castle, Ayrshire, was home to the artists William Bell Scott and Alice Boyd (1825-1897). The Boyd family had occupied the miniature castle since the 13th century, and Alice's brother, Spencer Boyd, restored it to its present form in the 1860s. On his death, Bell Scott, his wife and Alice Boyd formed a ménage à trois, splitting their time between the Scotts' home in London, and Penkill.
The castle was visited by many of their artistic friends, largely members of the Pre-Raphaelite circle, who left permanent reminders of their visits in its decoration.