Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)

Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)
Who is He that Cometh from Edom with Dyed Garments from Bozrah?
Signed with monogram and dated 9 11/62 (lower right)
Watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic
28.8 x 18.2cm; 11¼ x 7¼in

Provenance:
James Leathart (1820-1895);
His posthumous sale, Christie's, London, 19 June 1897, lot 16 (unsold);
And by family descent

Exhibited:
London, Goupil Gallery, A Pre-Raphaelite Collection, June-July 1896; no.30;
Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, Leathart Exhibition, October-November 1968, no.74

The present work was originally part of the collection of James Leathart, a significant patron of the Pre-Raphaelites, including Simeon Solomon. Leathart lived in Newcastle and was actively involved in the arts, organising exhibitions that highlighted Pre-Raphaelite work in North-East collections. He was probably introduced to Solomon by either Edward Burne-Jones or Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and artist and collector corresponded frequently in the 1860s.