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Simeon Solomon Artwork Pre-1873

Artwork Early 1850s-1860

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This gallery is a work in progress and does not represent a complete catalogue of Solomon's work for these years

1853: Cavalier and Lady, drawing, Art institute Chicago
ND: Study for King David Dancing Before the Ark, Jewish Museum, London
1856: Faust and Marguerite, pen and ink on paper, Tate, London.
1856: Eight Scenes from the Story of David and Jonathon, dawing, Tate, London.
1857: The Prodigal Son, oil on wood, William Morris Gallery
1857: Baby Asleep, drawing, private collection.
1857: Hagar and Ishmael, pen and ink, private collection.
1857: I am Starving, pen and black ink, NGA, Washington, US.
c.1857: Sketch for King Saul, Jewish Museum, London
c.1857: Head of Saul, Jewish Museum, London.
1857-1859: The Death of Sir Galahad While Taking a Portion of the Holy Grail Administered by Joseph of Arimathea, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
1858: Isaac Offered, location unknown.
1858: The Haunted House, etching, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and Delaware Art Museum, US.
1858: Love, drawing, private collection
1859: Revenge, drawing, private collection.
1859: Self Portrait, Drawing, Tate, London.
1859: Nathan Reproving Daniel, Drawing, V&A, London.
1859-63: Dante's First Meeting with Beatrice, Tate, London.
1859: Babylon Hath Been a Golden Cup, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery.
1859: Miriam Watching the Finding of Moses in the Bulrushes, drawing, image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
1859: Portrait of Edward Burne-Jones, Drawing, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
1859: Portrait of Fanny Eaton, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
1859: Portrait of Fanny Easton (Head of Miriam), Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
1860: The Mother of Moses, oil on canvas, Delaware Art Museum
1860: David Dancing Before the Ark, private collection
1860: Ruth, Naomi and the Child Obed, drawing, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
1860: Queen Esther Hearing the News of the Intended Massacre of the Jews Under Artaxerxes, private collection.
1860: Study for Hosannah, pen drawing, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, San Marino, California
1860: Study for a Hebrew Musician, drawing, Art Institute, Chicago
1860: Beatrice, private collection.

Picture
c.1859-1862: The Great Bookcase, William Burges
Height: 400cm approx - oak, carved, painted and gilt.
Location: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Artists Involved in decoration:
Simeon Solomon, William Burges, Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Thomas Morten, Albert Joseph Moore, William Frederick Yeames
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, Henry Holiday
Edward John Poynter, Nathaniel Herbert John Westlake, Thomas Pritchard Rossiter
Charles Rossiter, Frederick Smallfield, Henry Stacy Marks, Frederick Weekes
John Anster Fitzgerald.


Picture

​Solomon responsible for two panels of decorations.


Image courtesy of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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  • Home
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    • Exhibition Reviews >
      • Exhibition Reviews 1858-1872
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      • Exhibition Reviews 1906-1959
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      • Exhibition History 1858-1872
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      • Exhibition History Aug 1905-2010
    • Documents Online
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    • Pre-1873 Artwork >
      • Artwork Early Sketchbooks from 1854
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  • Essays
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