The Plague of London: Solomon Eagle Denouncing the Impenitent

Frederic James Shields, 1833 - 1911



The Plague of London: Solomon Eagle Denouncing the Impenitent

Frederic James Shields 1833 - 1911

Summary

Street scene, showing the semi-nude figure of Solomon Eagle (a religious fanatic who saw the plague as a sign of divine judgement) wearing only a burning charcoal grate on his head and a loincloth. As he stands astride a narrow, cobbled street, with his long hair trailing down his back, he turns round and gesticulates with his arms at a group of three young women, who lean out of a ground-floor window to the right as a comet trails across the night sky.


Object Name

The Plague of London: Solomon Eagle Denouncing the Impenitent

Creators Name

Frederic James Shields

Date Created

1863

Dimensions

support: 12.3cm x 7.9cm

accession number

1912.28

Place of creation

England

Support

paper

Medium

ink
watercolour
gouache

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