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Saturday, September 21, 2013

David Wilkie Wynfield, Simeon Solomon, c. 1870



Wynfield inveigled his artistic friends into wearing costumes expressive of their personalities. Solomon was the only Jewish Pre-Raphaelite: in this he probably seemed exotic to Wynfield and the wayward strain in Solomon’s personality would have made him seem even more so.
—Michael Bartram, 1985

2 comments:

  1. "waywood strain" hehe... Cute. But it was true! His brother and sister would more stable people and artists, but Simeon was the most talented of the siblings.

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