Arthur Hughes - William Bell Scott portrait after David Scott

inscribed 'copied by Arthur Hughes from the painting by David Scott'

oil on canvas

24 x 18"

David Scott was William's brother, when William was 21.

Arthur was a close friend of William's and a frequent visitor to Penkill Castle where William was the lover of Alice Boyd.

http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/scott/index.html

http://www.artnet.com/artist/565735/alice-boyd.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penkill_Castle