Abraham Solomon - Waiting for the Verdict [1859]

Abraham Solomon - Waiting for the Verdict [1859], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Abraham Solomon, the son of a hat manufacturer, was born in Bishopsgate, London, in August 1823. His father, Michael Solomon, was the first Jewish person to be admitted to the freedom of the city of London. Abraham Solomon continued to be a popular artist until his death from heart disease in 1862. His brother and sister were also artists. Rebecca Solomon exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1851 and 1875. She died in 1886 after been knocked down by a Hanson cab in the Euston Road. Simeon Solomon had considerable success as an artist until he was arrested and convicted of buggery in 1873. Excluded from society, he became an alcoholic and spent the last twenty-one years of his life in St. Giles Workhouse before his death from "bronchitis and alcoholism" in 1905.

[Oil on canvas, 25 x 35 inches]