![]() ![]() Long was greatly influenced by the paintings of Velasquez and other Spanish masters, and his earlier pictures, such as La Posada (1864) and Lazarilla and the Blind Beggar (1870), were painted under Spanish influence. Long made the acquaintance of John Phillip RA, and accompanied him to Spain, and Morocco where they spent much time. ![]() He was subsequently a pupil in the school of James Mathews Leigh in Newman Street London, and practised first as a portrait artist painting Charles Greville, Lord Ebury and others. Adopting the profession of a painter, Long came to London and studied in the British Museum. Long was born in Bath, Somerset, the son of James Long, a hairdresser, (from Kelston in Somerset), and was educated at Dr. ![]()
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