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"The London Art Season." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, August 1869: 220-239.

"The Toilette of a Roman Lady," by Mr Simeon Solomon, naturally allies itself with the classic school of Roman painting as handed down to our times in the mural decorations of Pompeii. We think it a pity, however, that an artist should emulate a style of decadence. The plea for the revival of the classic is, that it leads back to periods which, untainted by decay, remain unalterable standards of perfection for all time. Yet evidently Mr Solomon has, like other of our artists, made an effort to impart to his composition the allurement of romance and the colour of Venice. It is only, as already hinted, by some such device that antique styles can commend themselves to modern tastes. (page 224, column 2)

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