Who painted “The Babylonian Marriage Market”?

“The Babylonian Marriage Market” was painted by Edwin Long in 1875. Where to see it: Royal Holloway, University of London.

Orientalism

What to look for

Orientalism: the subject gives it away (turbans, tiles, deserts, minarets), painted with the polish of Academic art and strong Mediterranean light.

Edwin Longsden Long (16 July 1829 - 15 May 1891) was a successful English genre, history, biblical and portrait painter. He is best known for his Orientalist paintings, many very large, which fetched high prices. Wikipedia

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“Queen Esther”, 1878
“Vashti”, 1879
“The Chosen Five”, 1885
“The Moorish Proselytes of Archbishop Ximenes, Granada, 1500”, 1873
“An Egyptian Feast”, 1877
“The Discovery of Moses”, 1886
“Anno Domini”, 1883
“Uncle Tom and Little Eva”, 1866