Edwin Longsden Long
(1829-1891), PainterSitter in 3 portraits
Artist associated with 8 portraits
Edwin Longsden Long was taught by John Phillip and began his career painting portraits and Spanish subjects, such as Dialogus Diversus. However, he became successful and rich with very large historical and biblical subjects such as the Babylonian Marriage Market, which changed hands in his lifetime for immense sums. His success enabled him to commission two houses, both in Hampstead, from Richard Norman Shaw. Long was elected ARA in 1876 and RA in 1881.
Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
by Edwin Longsden Long
oil on canvas
NPG 5524
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
by Edwin Longsden Long
oil on canvas, 1882
NPG 2944
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
replica by Edwin Longsden Long
oil on canvas, 1889, based on a work of circa 1882
NPG 820
by Edwin Longsden Long
oil on canvas, exhibited 1888
NPG 5113
Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
by James Henry Lynch, printed by Day & Son, published by Henry Squire & Co, after Edwin Longsden Long
lithograph, published 3 June 1850
NPG D7690
printed by Goupil & Co, after Edwin Longsden Long
photogravure, (1880)
NPG D36454
by Samuel Cousins, after Edwin Longsden Long
mixed-method engraving, 1880, based on a work of 1878
NPG D49687
by Samuel Cousins, after Edwin Longsden Long
mixed-method engraving, 1880, based on a work of 1878
NPG D49690
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