Study of the head of an Arab girl

Details

Edwin Long, R.A. (1829-1891)
Study of the head of an Arab girl
signed with monogram (lower left)
oil on canvas, laid down on board, oval
14 x 12 in. (35.5 x 30.5 cm.)

Provenance

with Caelt Gallery, London, 14 March 1977, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Exhibited

The Heatherley School of Fine Art: 150th Anniversary Exhibition, 1996, no. 7.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

In 1874 Long undertook an extensive trip to Egypt and Syria and this became his new subject area. His most important painting of the period was The Babylonian Marriage Market (1875) and he began to be considered more seriously by critics. The majority of the works from this period were produced at his new studio in St John's Wood at 19 Marlborough Road.

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