Collections Online | British Museum

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Solomon Alexander Hart

Also known as: Solomon Alexander Hart; primary name: Hart, Solomon Alexander
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1806-1881
Biography: Painter of historical scenes and characters; b. Plymouth, d. London. Son of Samuel Hart, goldsmith, engraver, and Hebrew teacher; began his studies by drawing classical sculpture at the British Museum; supported himself and his father by painting miniature copies and colouring theatrical prints. In 1823 went to the Royal Academy Schools; first exhibited at the RA 1826; exhibited at British Institution 1828; elected ARA 1835, RA 1840 (the first Jewish RA). He was advised to travel by the Duke of Sussex, who sat for him, and in 1841 spent a year in Italy. Professor of painting at the RA form 1854-63. Librarian at the RA 1864-81.
Bibliography: Saur.

45 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1881,1112.370 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1842

drawing

Museum number: 1881,1112.374 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1851

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0218.33 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1842

drawing

Museum number: 1881,1112.369 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1843

drawing

Museum number: 1881,1112.373 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1840-1849

drawing

Museum number: 1881,1112.368 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1842

drawing

Museum number: 1881,1112.372 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1806-1881

drawing

Museum number: 1893,1127.2 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1806-1881

drawing

Museum number: 1881,1112.371 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1828

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0218.32 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1842

drawing

Museum number: 1893,1127.1 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1806-1881

drawing

Museum number: 2017,7013.1 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 Drawn by:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 18 August 1842

print

Title: Othello and Iago Specimens of the English School |
Museum number: 1913,0717.15 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 After:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1855

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0612.891 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles RollsAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1835-1840

print

Title: James V |
Museum number: 1871,1209.2032 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Chawner ShentonAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1834

print

Title: A Jewish Synagogue |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2046 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ebenezer ChallisAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Jewish Synagogue |
Museum number: 1852,0214.582 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ebenezer ChallisAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1851

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Milton visiting Galileo |
Museum number: 1873,1011.400 |
Producer name: After:Solomon Alexander HartBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1847

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1870,0813.437 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry LintonAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The quarrel of Wolsey and Buckingham Art Journal |
Museum number: 1913,0212.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:William GreatbachAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1834-1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Praise the Lord |
Museum number: 1861,0209.308 |
Producer name: After:Solomon Alexander HartPrint made by:Francis Holl |
Production date: 1852-1870 |
Production place: Published in:EdinburghPublished in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,1013.130 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry LintonAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,1013.128 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry LintonAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frederick BaconAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1836-1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Simchat Torah, the festival of the Law |
Museum number: 1863,0509.485 |
Producer name: After:Solomon Alexander HartPrint made by:Henry Melville |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Alfred the Great and his Minstrel or The Boy Monarch and the Harper Bard |
Museum number: 2010,7081.7496 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Sidwell SandersAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Benvenuto Cellini |
Museum number: 1861,0209.309 |
Producer name: After:Solomon Alexander HartPrint made by:Caldesi & Montecchi |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Benvenuto Cellini giving instructions to his Assistant, Bernardino Manellini, of Mugello |
Museum number: 1856,0913.81 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 After:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Gideon Colquhoun Esqr |
Museum number: 2010,7081.4530 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LuptonAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1841

print

Title: A Jewish Synagogue |
Museum number: 1851,0104.39 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ebenezer ChallisAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1830-1851

print

Museum number: 1873,1011.399 |
Producer name: BIOG30735 After:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0612.834 |
Producer name: Print made by:William GreatbachAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: Richard & Saladin |
Museum number: 1874,0711.2831 |
Producer name: After:Solomon Alexander HartPrint made by:Henry Lemon |
Production date: 1835-1874

print

Title: A Jewish Synagogue |
Museum number: 1873,1011.398 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ebenezer ChallisAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1851

print

Museum number: 1854,1113.277 |
Producer name: Print made by:Solomon Alexander HartPrinted by:S Rowles |
Production date: 1826

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1913,0310.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard James LaneAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1834

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1922,0710.546 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard James LaneAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1834

print

Title: Gideon Colquhoun Esqr |
Museum number: 1943,0410.210 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LuptonAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1841

print

Title: James V |
Museum number: 1848,1013.167 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Chawner ShentonAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1834

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1863,0509.500 |
Producer name: After:Solomon Alexander HartPrint made by:Henry Melville |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1870,0813.439 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry LintonAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The parting of Sir Thomas More and his daughter Margaret Roper |
Museum number: 1863,0509.537 |
Producer name: After:Solomon Alexander HartPrint made by:Henry Melville |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: James V. From an Ancient Carving Formerly at Stirling Castle |
Museum number: 1976,U.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Chawner ShentonAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1873,1213.106 |
Producer name: BIOG37193 After:Marco da Ravenna |
Production date: 1510-1527

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1870,0813.419 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry LintonAfter:Solomon Alexander Hart |
Production date: 1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Free entry

Opening hours