Jewish Captives at Babylon by MAY, Edward Harrison

MAY, Edward Harrison

(b. 1824, Croydon, d. 1887, Paris)

	Jewish Captives at Babylon 1861 Oil on canvas, 198 x 131 cm Private collection
The large painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1863. It is unique among May's varied oeuvre: one of the few works based on Biblical history and his only known work based on an Old Testament event.