Edwin Long - The marriage market of Babylon Canvas Print

The marriage market of Babylon by Edwin Long. Great painting titled The marriage market of Babylon, made by Edwin Long. About Edwin Long Long was born in Bath, Somerset, the son of E. Long, an artist , and was educated at Dr. Viner's School in Bath. Adopting the profession of a painter, Long came to London and studied in the British Museum. Edwin Longsden Long RA was an English genre, history, biblical and portrait painter. Long was greatly influenced by the paintings of Velasquez and other Spanish masters, and his earlier pictures, such as 'La Posada' and 'Lazarilla and the blind beggar' , were painted under Spanish influence.