![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Long achieved critical acclaim for his attention to historical detail, and the sale of the painting held a record for highest auction price that would not be broken until after Long’s death. In Love’s Labour Lost, Edwin Long has captured ancient Egyptian life in an equally dramatic, yet intimate, fashion in this highly detailed and thoroughly researched painting, one of several Egyptianizing canvases from his career (See Humbert, in Egyptomania, pp. Among his most famous and enduring work are those that bring antiquity to life, such as his large 1875 canvas The Babylonian Marriage Market, a topic Long took from Herodotus’ Histories. One of the most successful painters of the Victorian period, Edwin Longsden Long (1829-1891) earned accolades as well as wealth during his long career and member of the Royal Academy. ![]()
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