For William Bell Scott, seeing the early paintings of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood “was the beginning of a new interest of life.”  Scott was fascinated by the work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), William Holman Hunt (1827-1910) and John Everett Millais (1829-1896).  When Scott saw Millais’ Christ in the House of His Parents (1850), the “picture was to me like a revelation.”

Scott’s works in the full-fledged pre-Raphaelite style include:

1.  Fair Rosamond Alone in Her Bower (Liverpool 1853, no. 362)

Oil on canvas, 26½ x 20 inches.  Source:  Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

2.  Cockcrow (Royal Scottish Academy 1857, no. 10)

Oil on canvas, 22 x 27 inches.  Source:  Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

3.  Una and the Lion (Royal Academy 1860, no. 474)

Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 inches.  Source:  National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

4.  The Border Widow (Royal Academy 1861, no. 446)

Oil on canvas, 29½ x 22 inches.  Source:  Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum

5.  The Little Water-Carrier

Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches.  Source:  National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

6.  The Nativity

Oil on canvas, 29½ x 45 inches.  Source:  National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

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