The Politics of Possession: Edwin Long's Babylonian Marriage Market

<i>Diana or Christ?</i>: Seeing and Feeling Doubt in Late-Victorian Visual Culture

“…Like Diana or Christ?, both of these are set in the ancient Near East and speak to issues of idolatry, gender, and racial hierarchies. 50 Provocative dynamics between these images emerge, which might reinforce doubt or faith, causing viewers to speculate on the relationship between human and non-human animals or the refinement of female emotion brought about by Christianity. The drama of the relationship between doubt and faith might shift from the central figure of Long's female protagonist to the figures surrounding her, the painting's viewers, and the surrounding paintings and sculpture.…”