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Rebecca Solomon: Q107498535

Artist



Alternative names	Ребекка Соломон; Rebekka Solomon
Description	British painter and artist
Date of birth/death	26 September 1832	20 November 1886
Location of birth/death	London	London
Work period	1852 –1869
Work location	London (1893–1913)
Authority file	: Q2508786 VIAF: 71234219 ISNI: 0000000067084465 ULAN: 500001236 LCCN: nr88006410 Open Library: OL7220134A WorldCat

Title

German:

Die Gouvernante

Object type

painting

Description

English: A young woman, identified through the title as a Victorian governess, charged with looking after a family's younger children, is contrasted with one of the daughters of the family, who is engaged in flirting with a young man.

Date

circa 1851

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 66 cm (25.9 in)

; width: 86.4 cm (34 in)

Object history

6 June 2007: in collection of private collection

Exhibition history

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1854
Yale Center for British Art, 1982
Yale Center for British Art, 1984
Phoenix Art Museum, 1988
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1985 - 1986

Inscriptions

R. Solomon

References

Source/Photographer

Art Renewal Center

Permission
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Other versions

File:Governess.jpg (detail)
eo:Image:Janeeyrepenguin.jpg (book cover)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:13, 23 August 2014	1,000 × 775 (125 KB)	Laura1822	larger from ARC
	16:38, 28 October 2006	573 × 426 (53 KB)	Churchh	less dim and faded version
	13:22, 10 October 2006	573 × 426 (49 KB)	Playtime	http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/solomonr/paintings/1.html Rebecca Solomon (1832-1886), The Governess - Exhibited: Royal Academy 1854 Category:1854 paintings