Abraham Solomon: Exhibition History 1840-1862

DATE	LOCATION	WORK SHOWN
March 1840	Suffolk Street, Society of British Artists, London	no. 9 Rabbi Expounding the Scriptures
1840	Liverpool Academy	no. 342 Study of a Head no. 360. She Never told her Love no. 445. Portrait of the Rev. D. M. Isaacs
1841	Liverpool Academy	no. 74. "One with her auburn tresses slightly bound, and fair brows gently drooping as the fruit nods from the tree, was slumbering with soft breath, and lips apart, which showed the pearls beneath."
3 May 1841	Royal Academy	no. 88 My Grandmother no. 1164 "It would seem that nurse Schoolbred's applications were now so far successful, that Catherine's senses were..." Fair Maid of Perth
1842	Liverpool Academy	no. 344 The Billet Doux
March 1842	Society of British Artists, London	no. 190 The Stratagem Discovered no. 426 "One with her auburn tresses lightly bound,/And fair brows gently drooping as the fruit/Nods from the tree, was slumbering with soft breath/And lips aprt, which showed the pearls beneath."
2 May 1842	Royal Academy	no. 1022 Scene from the Vicar of Wakefield
1843	Liverpool Academy	no. 286 "The Sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon; With Spectacles on nose, and pouch on side; His youthful hose well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, Turning again towards childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound."
March 1843	Society of British Artists, London	no. 254 Scene from the Devil from Two Stocks no. 337 The Billet-Doux
1 May 1843	Royal Academy	no. 125 "On Widow fair and staid He fixed his eye, but he was much afraid; Yet wooed, while she his hair of silver hue Demurely notice, and her eye withdrew." Vide Crabbe's Parish Register
1844	Liverpool Academy	no. 107 The Officious Servant no. 111 The Tear
6 May 1844	Royal Academy	no. 10 "The Sabbath service o'er, through shady lanes With intermingled trees and shrubs embowered Their way they took. With truth and eloquence from Love derived, his tender suit he urged, And of the future such a picture drew Of happiness, by mutual love insured, As in the maid a chord responsive woke". no. 255 Portrait of a Lady
5 May 1845	Royal Academy	no. 502  “‘Then by heaven,’ answered Julian ‘I will watch his arrival in this island, and in this house; and, ere he has locked thee in his arms, he shall answer to me on the subject of my suit.’   “‘Then demand that answer now,’ said a voice from without the door, which was at the same time slowly opened—‘Demand that answer now; for here stands Ralph Bridgenorth.’”—Peveril of the Peak.
Feb 1846	British Institution, London	no. 428 The Farmer's Daughter
4 May 1846	Royal Academy	no. 670 The Breakfast Table "The Stratagem of Youth often outwits the experience of age."
Feb 1847	British Institution, London	no. 103 A Study from the Hotel Invalides, Paris no. 272 A French Study no. 281 La Tristesse
3 May 1847	Royal Academy	no. 606 Portrait of Robert Manning, Esq. no. 746 The Vicar of Wakefield, when prepared for church on the first Sundayafter his loss of fortune, reproving his wife and daughters for appearing in their usual finery
1 May 1848	Royal Academy	no.  1249 A ball-room in the year 1760 “Now let the youth to whose superior place It first belongs the splendid ball to grace, With humble bow and ready hand, prepare Forth from the crowd to lead his chosen fair; The fair shall not his kind request deny, But to the pleasing toil with equal ardour fly.”
7 May 1849	Royal Academy	no.  497 Academy for Instruction in the Discipline of the Fan
6 May 1850	Royal Academy	no. 525 Too Truthful “So very like a painter drew, That every eye the picture knew: He hit complexion, feature, air, So just, the life itself was there; He gave each muscle all its strength, The mouth, the chin, the nose’s length, His honest pencil touched with truth, And marked the date of age and youth. He lost his friends, his practice failed; Truth should not always be revealed.”—Gay.
8 Feb 1851	British Institution, London	no. 28 Scandal no. 403 La Petite Dieppoise
5 May 1851	Royal Academy	no.  817 An Awkward Position (from Oliver Goldsmith)
3 May 1852	Royal Academy	no. 618 The Grisette "In a few minutes the Grisette came in with her box of lace..."
2 May 1853	Royal Academy	no. 470 Brunetta and Phillis (from Spectator no. 80)
1 May 1854	Royal Academy	no.  314 First class,--the meeting. “And at first meeting loved.” ​no.  361, Second class—the parting. “Thus part we rich in sorrow, Parting poor.”
7 May 1855	Royal Academy	no.  355 A Contrast "Will fortune never come with both hands full?"
1855	Liverpool Academy	no. 183 An Awkward Position
1856	Liverpool Academy	no. 240 The Fan  ​"Mr Spectator,- Women are armed with fans as men with swords, and sometimes do more execution with them. To the end, therefore, that ladies may be entire mistresses of the weapon which they bear. I have erected an academy for the training up of young women in the exercise of the fan, according to the most fashionable airs and motions that are now practised at court." Vide, Spectator, no 10.
5 May 1856	Royal Academy	no.  486 The Bride  “We may not know, While life endures, whose lot is joy, whose woe, Whose is the sunlight, whose shall be the shade.” no. 533, Doubtful fortune “We know we’re cheated, yet would fain believe.”
1857	Liverpool Academy	no. 193 Waiting for the Verdict (wins £100 prize)
4 May 1857	Royal Academy	no.  562 Waiting for the Verdict
1858	Liverpool Society of Fine Arts	no. 706 The Flight
3 May 1858	Royal Academy	no.  228 The Flight no. 454 “In silks and satins new, and hoop of monstrous size…”—Goldsmith no. 558, “The lion in love.”—Old Proverb
1859	Liverpool Academy	no. 498 A Study
2 May 1859	Royal Academy	no. 243.  “Ici on Rase”—Brittany ​no. 293, The fox and the grapes no. 557, “Not Guilty.” Companion picture to Waiting for the Verdict exh. 1857
Nov 1859	Gambart’s French Gallery 7th Annual Winter Exhibition	no. 139 Study
7 May 1860	Royal Academy	no.  478 Drowned! Drowned!
1860	Liverpool Society of Fine Arts	no. 433 Drown'd! Drown'd" "the gods are just, and of our pleasant vices make whips to scourge us."
11 Feb 1861	British Institution, London	no. 20 Art Critics in Brittany
6 May 1861	Royal Academy	no.  108 Consolation no. 464 La Malade Imaginaire
1861	Liverpool Society of Fine Arts	no. 383 Consolation
1 May 1862	International Exhibition of Art and Industry, South Kensington	3 works shown
5 May 1862	Royal Academy	no.  471 The Lost Found “Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing:…”—Psalm xxxii
POSTHUMOUS
1864	Liverpool Institute of Fine Arts	no. 259 The Spinning Girl no. 338 The Box Girl
1897	Victorian Era Exhibition, Earl's Court, London	no. 316 Waiting for the Verdict Lent by C. J. Lucas Esq. no. 323 The Acquittal Lent by C. J. Lucas Esq.