id: 159398 accession number: 1996.22 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.22 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:30.230000 Alice Montgomery (1850-1917), 1850. Enoch Long (American, 1823–1898). Daguerreotype, applied color; image: 4.2 x 5.5 cm (1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); case: 8.1 x 9.4 x 1.5 cm (3 3/16 x 3 11/16 x 9/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, L. E. Holden Fund 1996.22 title: Alice Montgomery (1850-1917) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1850 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1850 current location: creditline: L. E. Holden Fund copyright: --- culture: America, 19th century technique: daguerreotype, applied color department: Photography collection: PH - American 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Enoch Long (American, 1823–1898) - artist Enoch Long American, 1823-1898 Enoch Long, a prominent St. Louis daguerreian, advertised that his photographs would "bear the strictest criticism, both as a likeness and a work of art." This aesthetic concern set him apart from other photographers in smaller western towns. Praised in both the local and national press, Long was considered one of the most serious and successful photographers in the region. Born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, Long and his older brother Horatio studied in Philadelphia with the respected pioneer daguerreian Robert Cornelius in July 1842. For the next few years the brothers traveled the South and New England, working as itinerant photographers before jointly opening a studio in St. Louis in 1846. Horatio died in 1851, and Enoch operated the studio until 1860, then moved to Illinois to open galleries in Alton, Quincy, and later Galena. While in Missouri, Long and fellow photographer John Fitzgibbon represented the state in the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, held at New York's Crystal Palace in 1853, where Long was awarded a medal of honorable mention. He also showed his work, presumably albumen prints, for several years from 1886-94 in the annual exhibits of the Photographers Association of America. Long was the first photographer in his region to polish daguerreotype plates with a steam engine and is credited with introducing the first solar photographic enlarger to St. Louis, for which he wrote two manuals in 1888. After his death his studio was run by his widow and sons. K.L.C. --- measurements: Image: 4.2 x 5.5 cm (1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Case: 8.1 x 9.4 x 1.5 cm (3 3/16 x 3 11/16 x 9/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in black ink on enclosed paper: "Alice Montgomery / 1850-1917" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1996-11-24T05:00:00 Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997). title: Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century opening date: 2016-10-22T04:00:00 Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 5, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 224 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.22/1996.22_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.22/1996.22_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.22/1996.22_full.tif