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Creation

Watercolour
c.1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Solomon, Simeon (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)
Britain (drawn)

Watercolour of a head with a visionary expression, right profile.


Object details

Category
Watercolours
Object type
Watercolour
TitleCreation (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour.
Brief description
Watercolour, 'Creation' [A head with a visionary expression, right profile], by Simeon Solomon, c.1890
Physical description
Watercolour of a head with a visionary expression, right profile.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.9cm
  • Width: 30.5cm
Styles
British School
Pre-Raphaelite
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed in pencil on the back with the title.)
Object history
Bequeathed by H.H. Harrod
Bibliographic references
  • Cruise, Colin et al., Love revealed : Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites London : Merrell, 2005. 133
  • Love Revealed. Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites. Exhibition Guide Pamphlet produced by Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery.
  • Alison Smith, ed. Watercolour London: Tate Publishing, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-85437-913-9.
  • Coombs, Katherine British watercolours : 1750-1950 . London: V&A Publications, 2012 p.95, pl.83
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, and Department of Paintings, Accessions: 1948, Volume II, Henry Herbert Harrod Bequest, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1402-1948

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Record createdAugust 1, 2006
Record URL
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