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"The Dudley Gallery. Fourth Winter Exhibition." The Art-Journal, 1 December 1871: 285.

When we see the names of G. F. Watts, G. D. Leslie, H. S. Marks, J. D. Watson, Arthur Hughes, G. Mason, H. Moore, Simeon Solomon, J. A. M. Whistler, Briton Riviere, and Val Prinsep, in the list of exhibitors, we may be sure there will be interesting, if not valuable material. ... Mr. Simeon Solomon takes not unfrequent delight in the gloom of dark interiors; but, like Rembrandt, he also delights in the contrasting glory of strongly lighted surfaces. ‘Carrying the Law in the Synagogue at Geneva’ is, except to Jews, an uninteresting, and, to all, an undramatic, subject; but nevertheless he has made it interesting and grateful by the full richness of colour given to this little cabinet-piece. The rendering of yellow surfaces worked over with gold thread is a favourite study with this artist, and one in which he excels. The glimpse of blue sky through the synagogue is a happy suggestion of freedom from this dim interior. Had Mr. Solomon named his ‘Marguerite’ (217) ‘A Reverie,’ we should have been better satisfied, but as the title stands we feel there is something lacking to complete our idea of Goethe’s Marguerite. Nevertheless, the modelling of the face is very beautiful, and the half-shut eye is tender and full of love.

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