The Babylonian Marriage Market
- The Babylonian Marriage Market
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It is currently held in the Picture Galley of Royal Holloway College, after being bought by Thomas Holloway in 1882, where it fetched a record price for a painting by a living artist at £6,615 [http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Visitors-Guide/picture-gallery.html]
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* [http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/LHExhibitions/general/lhev041015.pdf "The Price of Beauty"] PDF format, more information.
* [http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Visitors-Guide/picture-gallery.html Royal Holloway Picture Gallery]
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