William Bell Scott did not paint many portraits, and those he did paint were of friends.  His best portraits, however, such as those of the young Algernon Swinburne and the Trevelyans, succeeded in capturing the sitter’s personality.

 

1. Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1859)

Oil on canvas, 18-3/4 x 12-3/4 in.  Source: National Trust.

2. Algernon Charles Swinburne (1860)

Oil on canvas, 18 x 13 in.  Source: Balliol College, Oxford; Public Catalogue Foundation.

3. Pauline, Lady Trevelyan (1864)

Oil on canvas, 13-3/4 x 9-1/2 in.  Source:  National Trust.

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