British, 19th century, female.
Born 1823; died 1897.
Painter. Figures, portraits.
Symbolism.
Alice Boyd was living at Penkill Castle in Ayrshire when she met the Pre-Raphaelite painter William Bell Scott in 1859. She became his pupil and mistress. This attachment continued until the death of Bell Scott. They were close to Dante Gabriel Rossetti....