William Scott (Scottish, 1811-1890) etching on paper depicting a Venice scene. Signed and dated August 1881 lower right in the plate. Unframed. William Bell Scott was an artist in oils and watercolor and occasionally printmaking. He was also a poet and art teacher, and his posthumously published reminiscences give a chatty and often vivid picture of life in the circle of the Pre-Raphaelites. He was one of the first British artists to extensively depict the processes of the Industrial Revolution.