Abraham Solomon

(b London, 14 May 1823; d Biarritz, 19 Dec 1863). He studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1839 and soon developed a fashionable style in oil painting, depicting literary genre subjects mostly in 18th-century costumes, for example a Ballroom in the Year 1760 (1848; London, Guildhall A.G.). His preferred subject-matter was anecdotal, including numerous meticulously painted figures. From 1846 he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy but did not achieve fame until 1854, when First Class

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