Royal Holloway's Curator, Dr Laura MacCulloch, discusses the Babylonian Marriage Market (1875)

The Babylonian Marriage Market (painted by Edwin Long in 1875) depicts women from ancient Babylon, whose families have not been able to afford a dowry, being auctioned off as wives. Here, Royal Holloway's College Curator, Dr Laura MacCulloch, discusses how access to education at Colleges like Royal Holloway offered women an alternative to the 19th-century marriage market.

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