Longsden, Edwin

The following data is extracted from Long Family Records.

(1829-1891), painter and royal academician: b. Bath; s. of E. Long, an artist; studied in the British Museum, London; making the acquaintance of John Phillip, R. A., he accompanied that artist to Spain, where they spent much time; his first important pictures were "The Suppliants" (1872) and "The Babylonian Marriage Market", both subsequently purchased by Thomas Holloway; elected associate of the Royal Academy, 1876, and an academician in 1881; his "Diana and Christ" (1881) greatly enhanced his reputation; he exhibited his next pictures in his own gallery in Bond Street and there, in 1883, and following years, his "Anno Domini" and "Zeuxis at Crotona" met with great success; besides the "Edwin Long" Gallery in Old Bond Street, a number of his pictures were collected together after his death and formed the nucleus of a gallery of Christian art; his best portrait was of Cardinal Manning.

Source: Long Family Records

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