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620: 226: 348: 261: 134: 214:(1875), both subsequently purchased by Thomas Holloway. In 1874, he visited Egypt and Syria, and subsequently his work took a new direction. He became thoroughly imbued with middle-eastern archaeology and painted oriental scenes including 241:(1881) greatly enhanced his reputation at the time. His pictures suited the taste and appealed to the religious sentiment of a large portion of the public, and their popularity was increased by a wide circulation of 344:, "In his earlier works Long showed great power and thoroughly deserved his success and popularity", but added that his later works "suffered from a continual repetition of types which resulted in monotony". 304:
Besides the Edwin Long Gallery in Old Bond Street, a number of his pictures was collected together after his death, and formed the nucleus of a gallery of Christian Art which replaced the works of
312:. Long had considerable practice as a portrait painter but his success in that line was not conspicuous, although he obtained high patronage and very large prices. He painted for the Baroness 190: 630: 33: 291:. The will signed by him on the day of his death was the subject of a lawsuit, to which his relatives were parties, but the matter in dispute was amicably settled. 787: 782: 313: 700: 678: 294:
Long married a daughter of Dr. William Aiton, by whom he left a family, of whom a son, Maurice Long, was killed in a railway accident at
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in 1870 and an academician (RA) in 1881. His pictures always attracted attention and his
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where they spent much time. Long was greatly influenced by the paintings of
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in Newman Street London, and practised first as a portrait artist painting
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To Her Listening Ear Responsive Chords of Music Came Familiar
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and other Spanish masters, and his earlier pictures, such as
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Alethe Attendant of the Sacred Ibis in the Temple of Isis
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According to art historian 332:(perhaps his best effort in this line), 324:, of which he painted a replica for the 259: 224: 132: 713:The Chosen Five, 1885 painting analysis 783:Deaths from the 1889–1890 flu pandemic 720: 233:Long was elected an associate of the 556:Preparing For The Festival Of Anubis 448:A Dorcas Meeting in the 6th Century 257:met with great commercial success. 13: 651:66 artworks by or after Edwin Long 14: 804: 793:19th-century English male artists 644: 128: 636:Dictionary of National Biography 618: 427:Primero Segundo y Basso Profondo 298:in Spain on 23 September 1891. 599: 434:The Babylonian Marriage Market 353:The Babylonian Marriage Market 211:The Babylonian Marriage Market 202:Lazarilla and the Blind Beggar 181:Long made the acquaintance of 1: 738:19th-century English painters 605:(Times, 13 and 14 Dec. 1892). 592: 308:in the well-known gallery in 773:British Orientalist painters 360: 279:, at his home, "Kelston" in 57:Bath, Somersetshire, England 7: 582:List of Orientalist artists 575: 185:RA, and accompanied him to 16:British painter (1829–1891) 10: 809: 478:Refuses the King's Summons 763:English portrait painters 758:English romantic painters 695:National Portrait Gallery 526:Jepthah's Vow: the Martyr 461:The Gods and Their Makers 368:Begging for the Monastery 326:National Portrait Gallery 220:The Gods and Their Makers 178:, Lord Ebury and others. 105: 97: 86: 78: 62: 39: 30: 23: 743:Artists' Rifles soldiers 568:Little Eva and Uncle Tom 381:Uncle Tom and Little Eva 409:A Street Scene in Spain 403:A Question of Propriety 388:A Spanish Flower Seller 289:West Hampstead Cemetery 753:British genre painters 705:(1885 oil on canvas - 357: 268: 230: 143: 748:English male painters 691:Long's portrait works 679:Biography + paintings 484:The Eastern Favourite 350: 263: 228: 136: 768:English orientalists 707:Dahesh Museum of Art 687:(Art Renewal Center) 672:23 July 2018 at the 667:Edwin Long biography 631:Long, Edwin Longsden 538:The Finding of Moses 399:"Usted Gusta" (1870) 265:The Finding of Moses 685:Biography and works 172:James Mathews Leigh 166:and studied in the 118:Edwin Longsden Long 91:James Mathews Leigh 44:Edwin Longsden Long 778:Royal Academicians 702:Love's Labour Lost 532:Love's Labour Lost 358: 322:Earl of Iddesleigh 281:Netherhall Gardens 269: 231: 216:The Egyptian Feast 144: 73:Hampstead, England 661:Edwin Long online 455:An Egyptian Feast 255:Zeuxis at Crotona 146:Long was born in 115: 114: 800: 640: 622: 621: 606: 603: 496:Diana or Christ? 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James Mathews Leigh
Orientalist
RA

Queen Esther
Bath
Somerset
Kelston
Somerset
London
British Museum
James Mathews Leigh
Charles Greville
John Phillip
Spain

Velasquez
The Babylonian Marriage Market

Royal Academy
engravings
Bond Street

pneumonia
influenza
Netherhall Gardens
Hampstead
West Hampstead Cemetery
Burgos

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