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2 unusual facts about Edwin Long


Edwin Long

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 Burgos in Spain on 23 September 1891.

The Babylonian Marriage Market

The Babylonian Marriage Market is an 1875 painting by the British painter Edwin Long of young women being auctioned into marriage.


Hyme House

No 61 was the home of painter Edwin Long (1829–91), artist John Pettie (1839–93) lived at No.62, artist Paul Falconer Poole (1807–79) lived at No.75 and No.6 was the home of portrait painter Frank Holl (1845–88) (3).


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