Edwin Longsden Long Edwin Longsden Long (1829 – 1891) was a British genre, history, biblical and portrait painter. He was born in Bath, Somersetshire, the son of E. Long, an artist (from Kelston in Somerset), and was educated at Dr. Viner's School in Bath. Adopting the profession of a painter, Long came to London and studied in the British Museum. He was subsequently a pupil in the school of James Mathews Leigh in Newman Street London, and practiced first as a portrait artist painting Charles Greville, Lord Ebury and others. Long made the acquaintance of John Phillip RA, and accompanied him…