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===Edwin Long (12 July 1829 – 15 May 1891) he was a history, biblical and portrait painter and was born in Bath, Somerset. Edwin Long painted this subject matter from the Old Testament Book of Esther. This painting was first displayed at the Royal Academy in 1878. Esther is one of the most well known heroines in the Jewish bible, Esther was the wife of the Persian King Xerxes, but she was forbidden to see the king without being summoned. Esther's relative, Mordecai, a Jewish official who worked at the Persian court, discovered a plot by another official, Haman, to kill all of the Jewish people in the Kingdom. Mordecai pleaded to Esther to visit the king, which would mean risking her own life. However, she pleaded successfully to Xerxes for her people. This painting shows Queen Esther preparing to meet Xerxes.===

**__What I Think Of This Painting:__**
===This painting does not show that much emotion but it is a very good painting and i like it. I like that story behind this painting...it just goes to show that a picture ( in this case a painting ) really does tell a thousand words.===

[] National Gallery of Victoria [] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Long#Paintings]
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