Scott William

Scott, WILLIAM BELL (1811-93), critic, painter, and poet, was born in Edinburgh, and Commenced to write for periodicals in early youth. He came to London, where he produced many pictures and poems, and some valuable critical biographies. His best-known works are Half-hour Lectures (1861); Albert Durer (1869); William Blake (1878); and his Poems by a Painter (1854), and the biography of his brother David. He was art examiner under the Education Board.