Not Guilty (The Acquittal) Abraham Solomon. exhibited 1857. Waiting for the Verdict, engraved by W.H. Simmons Prints after Abraham Solomon. 1866. Nameless and Friendless. “The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, etc.” - Proverbs, x, 15 Emily Mary Osborn. 1857.

Oct 20, 2020 · A set of paintings titled Waiting for the Verdict and Not Guilty by Abraham Solomon are a rare and fascinating depiction of the effect of the legal process. These two paintings are on display at the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Paintings about trials, sentencing and courtroom incidents were extremely popular during the Victorian period. Solomon sets the scene in a darkened room. The family’s hopelessness is evident from the gentleman with his head in his hands and the woman’s angst-ridden expression.

Jun 30, 2018 · Solomon’s pendant shows the elation when the verdict of Not Guilty (1859) is returned. The man, now freed from the dock, is embraced by his wife, who is kneeling in supplication, as their young child reaches out to touch father’s face.

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Waiting for the Verdict, one of a pair, is a fine autograph replica of his most famous painting. The original (now at the Tate), exhibited in London in 1857, left its audience in suspense...

Not Guilty and its pair, Waiting for the Verdict, are fine autograph replicas of his most famous paintings: the courtroom cliffhanger, Waiting for the Verdict, exhibited in 1857, and...

Waiting for the verdict / A. Solomon 1857 ; painted by A. Solomon ; engraved by W.H. Simmons. Summary Print shows the anguish and fear of the unknown, of the parents, wife, and sister of a young man who has been accused of a crime, as they await the verdict.

Print shows the anguish and fear of the unknown, of the parents, wife, and sister of a young man who has been accused of a crime, as they await the verdict. A young boy is asleep on his mother's lap and the young man's mother holds an infant; …

Waiting for the Verdict shows the scene outside a provincial courtroom where a young man, perhaps an agricultural labourer, is up for trial. The sequel, painted two years later is Not Guilty. Provenance. Anon sale, Sotheby's Belgravia, 9 April 1974, lots 104-5