{"title":"Solomon, Abraham","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbraham Solomon (1823-1862)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a British painter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolomon was the second son of eight children born to Meyer Solomon, a Leghorn hat manufacturer and his wife Catherine (Kate) Levy. His father was one of the first Jews to be admitted to the freedom of the city of London, and the family resided in Sandys Street, Bishopsgate in East London. Two of Abraham's siblings were also artists: his sister, Rebecca Solomon (1832-1886), and his youngest brother, Simeon Solomon (1840-1905), who acquired much acclaim as an associate of the Pre-Raphaelites and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1858 to 1872; his later crayon drawings of idealised heads are still popular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of thirteen, Abraham became a pupil in Sass's school of art in Bloomsbury, and in 1838 gained the Isis silver medal at the Society of Arts for a drawing from a statue. In 1839 he was admitted as a student of the Royal Academy, where he received in the same year a silver medal for drawing from the antique, and in 1843 another for drawing from life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolomon married, on 10 May 1860, Ella, sister of Dr. Ernest Hart; she survived her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolomon died in Biarritz in France, of heart disease, on 19 December 1862, the same day on which he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"solomon-abraham-1823-1862-first-class-the-return-1855","title":"Solomon, Abraham (1823-1862) - First Class, the Return 1855","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtwork by British Jewish artist, Abraham Solomon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in jpeg format, that is 600dpi and 4998 pixels wide by 3570 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/solomon-abraham\" title=\"Abraham Solomon\"\u003eAbraham Solomon\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52932357095754,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Solomon_Abraham_1823-1862_-FirstClass_theReturn1855_main.jpg?v=1759261663"},{"product_id":"solomon-abraham-1823-1862-second-class-the-departure-1855","title":"Solomon, Abraham (1823-1862) - Second Class, the Departure 1855","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtwork by British Jewish artist, Abraham Solomon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in jpeg format, that is 600dpi and 5010 pixels wide by 3576 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/solomon-abraham\" title=\"Abraham Solomon\"\u003eAbraham Solomon\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52932384817482,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Solomon_Abraham_1823-1862_-SecondClass_theDeparture1855_main.jpg?v=1759261661"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Solomon_Abraham_1823-1862-7065926.jpg?v=1768959341","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/solomon-abraham.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}