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"Dudley Gallery. Fifth General Exhibition of Drawings." The Art-Journal, 1 March 1869: 81.

The works which next challenge notice are the contributions of Mr. Simeon Solomon, who has seldom shown in so great brilliance or - singularity. The artist stands alone, although signs appear of a new and rising school in which he might shine as chief. ‘Sacramentum Amoris’ is perhaps the best example of one of the painter’s many manners, that of the classic warmed by colour and softened by romance. The drawing and anatomy are more than usually careful, though the forms still want firmness of articulation, as for example at the knee-joint. Robert Bateman, like Simeon Solomon, divides his affections between the graceful idealism of the classic, and the hard singularity of mediaevalism.

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