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Another class of pictures illustrates the popularity of subjects
taken from history. Edwin Long's
Babylonian Marriage Market (1875), inspired by
Herodoctus, fetched a record price for a painting by a living
artist when Holloway paid 6,615 pounds for it in 1882.
Edwin Long's Babylonian Marriage Market
1875
The largest work in the Collection, it provides a meticulous
reconstruction of the customs, architecture, decor and
costume of a past civilisation.
