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Below you will find images of Solomon's paintings, drawings, and illustrations. They are arranged by date and include the medium and present location, if known. The digital images presented here are in thumbnail format and credit is given to those who provided the digital image, although in most cases I have modified them for this web site. The thumbnail image and the title are hyperlinks to larger versions of the same work. Titles alone are hyperlinks to digital images of works provided by others on the Internet.

Please note that the images reproduced below have been obtained for use on this web site with the permission of the owners or were taken from sources that are now in the public domain.


Faust and Marguerite (ca. 1856), pen and ink and pencil on paper, Tate Britain.

Eight Scenes from the Story of David and Jonathon (1856), pencil and goldleaf on paper, Tate Britain.

Dante's First Meeting with Beatrice (1859-1863), pen and ink on paper, Tate Britain.

Drawing: Revenge Revenge (1859), pen and brown ink on paper, Private Collection, Canada, image courtesy of collector.

Self-Portrait (1859), pencil on paper, Tate Britain.

Painting: Temple Vesta In the Temple of Vesta (1862), watercolor, Private Collection, Canada, image courtesy of collector.

L., G. "Jews in England." Once a Week, v. 7 (1862), 192-193. Includes two wood engravings, images below courtesy of University of Wales, Aberystwyth:
        Illustration: Marriage Ceremony The Marriage Ceremony
        Illustration: Lighting Lamps Lighting the Lamps

Study of Sappho (1862), pencil on paper, Tate Britain.

Illustration: Veiled Bride The Veiled Bride, wood engraving in Good Words, v. 3 (1862), 592, image courtesy of University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

A Deacon (1863), oil, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

In the Temple of Venus (1863), oil, Private Collection.

Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego Preserved from the Burning Fiery Furnace (1863), watercolor, Private Collection.

Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1864), medium unknown, National Portrait Gallery, London.

Priestess Offering Poppies (1864), watercolor, Private Collection.

Sappho and Erinna in the Garden at Mytilene (1864), watercolor, Tate Britain.

St. Michael of Good Children (1864), watercolor, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery.

Painting: Noon Noon (ca. 1865), watercolor, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, image courtesy of University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Drawing: Erinna Erinna Taken from Sappho (1865), pen and black ink on paper, Private Collection, Canada, image courtesy of collector.

Drawing: Mors Amor Mors et Amor (Death and Love) (1865), pen and black ink, red crayon, on paper, Private Collection, Canada, image courtesy of collector.

Portrait of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1865) medium unknown, National Portrait Gallery, London.

Three Priests Three Priests (1865), oil, Private Collection, New Zealand, image courtesy of collector.

Damon and Aglae (1866), oil, Private Collection.

"Illustrations of Jewish Customs." Leisure Hour, v. 15 (1866), 73, 168, 217, 329, 377, 476, 540, 604, 653, 823. Includes ten wood engravings by Butterworth and Heath, originally published as a collection of photographs (1862), images below courtesy of University of Wales, Aberystwyth:
        Illustration: Circumcision The Circumcision
        Illustration: Day Atonement The Day of Atonement
        Illustration: Eve of Sabbath The Eve of the Jewish Sabbath
        Illustration: Fast Jerusalem The Fast of Jerusalem
        Illustration: Feast Dedication The Feast of Dedication
        Illustration: Feast Tabernacles The Feast of Tabernacles
        Illustration: Passover The Passover
        Illustration: Reading Laws The Reading of the Laws
        Illustration: Wedding The Wedding
        "The Week of Mourning"

Love in Autumn (1866), oil, Private Collection.

Love in Autumn (c.1866), watercolor sketch of 1866 oil painting, Private Collection.

Bacchus (1867), oil on wood panel, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

Bacchus (1867), watercolor on paper, Private Collection.

Carrying the Scrolls of the Law (1867), Watercolor and bodycolor with varnish on paper, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester.

The Little Improvisatrice (1867), pencil & pen drawing, Private Collection.

Rosa Mystica (1867), oil, Private Collection, later stolen, location now unknown.

Drawing: Flame [Untitled] (1868), pencil, Beinecke Library, image courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Painting: Roman Youth Portrait of an Italian Youth (1869), watercolor, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, image courtesy of University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

The Toilette of a Roman Lady (1869), oil, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington.

Illustration: Bookplate Labor, Content Ailleurs, Theoria: Bookplate for Oscar Browning (1870), wood engraving by Swain, image courtesy of Cooper Hay Rare Books.

Painting: Love Bound Wounded Love Bound and Wounded (1870), watercolor, location unknown, image from Julia Ford's Simeon Solomon: An Appreciation (1908).

The Sleepers, and the One That Watcheth (1870), watercolor, Art Gallery & Museum, The Royal Pump Rooms, Warwick District Council.

A Youth Relating Tales to Ladies (1870), oil on canvas, Tate Britain.

Painting: Love Dreaming by the Sea Love Dreaming by the Sea (1871), watercolor, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, image courtesy of University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Walter Pater (1872), pencil drawing, Private Collection.

King Solomon (1872/1874), egg tempera and varnish, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

Drawing: Amor Amor (1877), black chalk, Private Collection, Canada, image courtesy of collector.

Abraham and Isaac (1881), engraving by the Dalziel Brothers, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Hagar and Ishmael (1881), engraving by the Dalziel Brothers, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Hosannah (1881), engraving by the Dalziel Brothers, Tate Britain.

The Infant Moses (1881), engraving by the Dalziel Brothers, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Melchizedek Blesses Abram (1881), engraving by the Dalziel Brothers, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Naomi and the Child Obed (1881), engraving by the Dalziel Brothers, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Cupid (1886), pencil, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

Head of a Woman (1886), pencil, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

Erinna of Lesbos (1886).

An Angel [aka Love] (1887), red and blue chalks, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

The Sleeping Endymion (1887), red and blue chalks, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

The Virgin Knight (1887), red and blue chalks, Private Collection.

Young Nude Girl, Standing [aka Venus] (1887), crayon, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Idealized Male Head (1888), blue, red and yellow chalks, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

Drawing: Love Wounded Love Wounded (1888), medium unknown [photographic reproduction], location unknown, image courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Night and Sleep (1888), blue and red crayon, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

Night and Her Child Sleep (1892), drawing, Private Collection.

A Venetian Study (1892), chalk drawing in sepia, Georgetown University Library, Washington, DC.

Vision Crystal Globe Vision in the Crystal Globe (1893), medium unknown, location unknown, image from Julia Ford's Simeon Solomon: An Appreciation (1908).

Drawing: Helen Troy Helen of Troy (1894), pencil, Beinecke Library, image courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

The Moon and Sleep [aka Diana and Endymion] (1894), oil on canvas, Tate Britain.

My Soul and I My Soul and I (1894), medium unknown, location unknown, image from Julia Ford's Simeon Solomon: An Appreciation (1908).

Sleep Sleep (1894), medium unknown, location unknown, image from Julia Ford's Simeon Solomon: An Appreciation (1908).

Angel Child (1895), watercolor, Private Collection.

Drawing: Child Hermes/Aphrodite The Child of Hermes and Aphrodite (1895), medium unknown [photographic reproduction], location unknown, image courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Painting: Angel Death The Angel of Death (L'Angelo della Morte) (1896), watercolor, Private Collection, Canada, image courtesy of collector.

Painting: Christ Peter Christ and Peter [aka David and Saul] (ca. 1896), watercolor, National Gallery of Canada, Ontario, image courtesy of former owner.

Death Awakening Sleep Death Awakening Sleep (1896), medium unknown, location unknown, image from Julia Ford's Simeon Solomon: An Appreciation (1908).

Drawing: Flying Love [Untitled] (1905), pencil, image courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

The Death of Sir Galahad while Taking a Portion of the Holy Grail Administered by Joseph of Aremathea (date?), pencil, pen and ink, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

Painting: Glastonbury Glastonbury (date?), watercolor, Private Collection, image courtesy of Scott Thomas Buckle.

Head of a Girl (date?), pencil, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Hymen with a Flaming Torch (date?), white chalk and pencil on brown paper, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

The Judgment of Solomon (date?), pen and ink on paper, Tate Britain.

Drawing: Love Lust Love and Lust (date?), medium unknown [photographic reproduction], location unknown, image courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Drawing: Mary M Mary Magdalene (date?), medium unknown [photographic reproduction], location unknown, image courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Mercury (date?), watercolor (?), Private Collection.

Mozart Requiem (date?), pencil and pen and ink on paper, Tate Britain.

One Watching in the Night (date?), watercolor (?), Private Collection.

Perseus with the Head of Medusa (date?), pencil on toned paper, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

Potens (date?), pencil on paper (?), Private Collection.

Rabbi Carrying the Torah (date?), watercolor (?), Private Collection.

Sir Galipot Bearing the Holy Gruel (date?), pencil, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.

Sleep (date?), watercolor (?), Private Collection.

Hypnos, the God of Sleep (date?).

Young Man Holding the Lord's Prayer (date?).


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