Trade
Directory entries
History,
Gazetteer &
Directory of Devon (1878-79)
- Long James Frederick, photographer, 45 High Street, and 8 Lower
Summerlands, Exeter
Kelly's
Directory of Devon
(1889)
- Long James Frederick, photographic artist, 45 High street, h. 8 Lower
Summerlands, Exeter
Besley's
Post Office Directory
of Exeter & Suburbs
(1894-95)
- Long James Frederick, photographic artist, 45 High street, h. 8 Lower
Summerlands, Exeter
Besley's
Exeter Directory &
Business Guide (1906-11)
- (1909) Long Miss E. 8, Lower Summerlands, photographer
- (1910) Long Miss E. 8, Lower Summerlands, photographer
- (1911) Long Miss E. 8, Lower Summerlands, photographer
References
Historical
Directories from the University
of Leicester
Indexed 1871- 1901 Census Images from Ancestry.com
1881 Census Transcript & International Genealogical Index (IGI)
from the LDS Church's web site FamilySearch
Partial Transcript of the GRO Index from FreeBMD
Photographers in
Devon
1842-1939 : a brief directory
for photograph collectors, by C.G.
Scott, 1985, The PhotoHistorian
Supplement No. 101, ISSN 0957-0209
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Roger Vaughan
for kind contributions
of images and information.
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James Frederick
Long (1818-1903)
of Exeter
James Frederick Long
was born at Clerkenwell, London, and
baptized on 11 April 1819 at St. Sepulchre, son
of William and
Sarah Long.
He married Mary
Anne Wankling
at Shoreditch in 1838; they lived in Hoxton
and St. Luke's London between 1848 and 1859, and had
at least five children.
James Frederick
LONG (bapt.
11 Apr 1819 St Sepulchre, Clerkenwell LON d. 1903) m: 1838 Shoreditch
LON Mary Anne WANKLING
(b. c.1817 MID d. 1877 Exeter DEV)
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Amelia LONG (b.
c.1848 MID)
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Charles LONG (b.
c.1851 City
Road, Lambeth
LON) m:
1884 Exeter DEV
Ann "Annie" SPLATT (b. c.1850 Thorverton DEV)
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Gwendoline
"Lizzie" LONG (b. c.1888 Plymouth DEV)
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Amy LONG (b. c.Jul
1890 Plymouth DEV)
|- Charles LONG (b. c.1894 Plymouth DEV)
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Emma LONG (b.
c.1853 St. Luke's LON)
|- Elizabeth LONG (b. c.1856 Hoxton LON)
|- Katherine Ellen LONG (b. c.1858 St. Luke's LON) m: 1891 Exeter DEV
George Reginald SEARLE (b. c.1866 Barnstaple DEV)
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Vera SEARLE (b.
c.1892 Exeter DEV)
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Dora SEARLE (b.
c.1894 Exeter DEV)
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David Arthur LONG
(b. c.1862 Exeter DEV)
The family
moved to Exeter in Devon between 1859 and April 1861, and set up
a studio at 45 High Street. J.F. Long
appears to have had a second studio at 34 Paris Street, Exeter in the
early to mid-1870s, and was living there at the time of the 1871 Census. By
the late 1870s, however, they were living at 8 Lower
Summerlands. Scott (1985) shows Long with premises at 65
High Street from 1863 to
1967. At
least three of the children assisted in the
studio at various times, including his son Charles Long,
who moved to Plymouth
and set up a separate studio at 103 Union Street in 1889. In
1890
he advertised himself as a photographer to the Admiralty & War
Department. The studio remained open, according to Scott,
until
at least 1897.
The Exeter
studio
continued to
operate in the High Street until J.F. Long's
death in 1903. It was then taken over by two of his
daughters,
the Misses
Emma and Elizabeth Long,
one of whom continued to
operate the business from several premises until at least 1919. |
If
you have any further information about the various members of the Long
family and their
studios, or if you have any photographs by them, please email
me.
I welcome
contributions of images to increase the variety of coverage on this
site.
If you are able to identify or confirm the indentification of any of
the subjects of the photographs shown below, I would also be very keen
on
hearing from you. |
Click on an image to see
a larger version,
or on the to see the reverse of
the photo
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ID #:
jflong03
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street, Exeter
Negative
No. 7229
Size:
Mount 63
x 105.5 mm; Photo 59 x 94.5 mm
Card Type:
Type I (red) - simple JFL
logo with text in 3 fonts
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1866-1868
Notes:
Thin card. Square corners. Marked "Long / Exeter" on front.
Compare with dated
photo (c.1867, at top left) on
Roger Vaughan's pages.
Subject:
Unidentified woman in her 30s, full length portrait with ornate table
and books
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ID #:
jflong14
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street, Exeter
Negative
No. 9122
Size:
Mount 64
x 102 mm; Photo 59 x 97 mm
Card Type:
Type IIa (black) - angular scrolls with rampant lion & ivy
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1868-1870
Notes:
Thin card. Square corners. Lower
corners clipped, and bottom of card trimmed. Reverse
inscribed: Mrs
Berwick (and Minnie Horwill
struck through twice)
Subject:
"Mrs.
Berwick", full length
portrait with ornate table and book
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ID #:
jflong13
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street, Exeter
Negative
No. 13227
Size:
Mount 64
x 102 mm; Photo 59 x 97 mm
Card Type:
Type IIb (black) - angular scrolls with rampant lion, ivy, and extra
text at bottom
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1870-1872
Notes:
Thin card. Square corners. Reverse inscribed: Julia Treglown
Subject:
Julia
Hannah Searle née Treglown
(c1842-c1920) of Camborne,
Cornwall & Barnet, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, head &
shoulders
vignette portrait, hand tinted. See Exeter
Album for further information
about this person and her family.
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ID #:
jflong09
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street & 34 Paris Street, Exeter
Negative
No. none
Size:
Mount 63.5
x 105 mm; Photo 59 x 95.5 mm
Card Type:
Type III (violet) - JFL logo with text in 3 fonts, and extra
text at bottom
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1872-1874
Notes:
Thin card. Rounded corners.
Subject:
unidentified young lady,
full length portrait in rusticated studio setting
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ID #:
jflong10
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street & 34 Paris Street, Exeter
Negative
No. none
Size:
Mount 64
x 105.5 mm; Photo 59.5 x 95 mm
Card Type:
Type III (violet) - JFL logo with text in 3 fonts, and extra
text at bottom
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1872-1874
Notes:
Thin card. Rounded corners.
Subject:
unidentified young lady,
half-length portrait in rusticated window studio setting |
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ID #:
jflong11
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street & 34 Paris Street, Exeter
Negative
No. 15499
Size:
Mount 63.5
x 101 mm; Photo 60 x 97 mm
Card Type:
Type III (violet) - JFL logo with text in 3 fonts, and extra
text at bottom
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1872-1874
Notes:
Thin card. Rounded corners.
Lower
corners clipped, and bottom of card trimmed.
Reverse
inscribed: Bessie
Mallett
Subject:
Bessie
Mary
Mallett (1848-1929) of
Alphington, Devon, three-quarter-length
portrait.
See Exeter
Album for further information
about this person and her family. |
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ID #:
jflong04
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street & 34 Paris Street, Exeter
Negative
No. 16795
Size:
Mount 63.5
x 101 mm; Photo 60 x 97 mm
Card Type:
Type IV (gold) - "Bamboo & Roses" with JFL logo, and text with
ornate initial letters
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1874-1876
Notes:
Thin card. Rounded corners.
Lower
corners clipped, and bottom of card probably trimmed.
Subject:
Unidentified young lady,
half-length portrait leaning on chair. |
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ID #:
jflong08
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street, Exeter
Negative
No. none
Size:
Mount 63.5
x 105 mm; Photo 59.5 x 98 mm
Card Type:
Type Va (brown) - "Rotating squares" with text in 4 fonts
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1876-1877
Notes:
Thick card. Rounded corners.
Subject:
Unidentified girl, possibly
in her mid-teens, half-length seated portrait in oval frame.
Note
similarity of dress with that worn by slightly younger girl, possibly a
sister, in portrait #jflong07,
below.
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ID #:
jflong07
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street, Exeter
Negative
No. 19113
Size:
Mount 64
x 106 mm; Photo 59 x 98.5 mm
Card Type:
Type Vb (brown) - "Rotating squares" with text in 4 fonts
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1877-1879
Notes:
Thick card. Rounded corners.
Subject:
Unidentified girl, possibly
in her early teens, three-quarter-length seated portrait.
Note
similarity of dress with that worn by slightly older girl, possibly a
sister, in portrait #jflong08,
above. |
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ID #:
jflong01
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street, Exeter
Negative
No. 19141?
Size:
Mount 64
x 102 mm; Photo 59 x 98 mm
Card Type:
Type Vb (brown) - "Rotating squares" with text in 4 fonts
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1877-1879
Notes:
Thick card. Rounded corners, bottom of card trimmed.
Subject:
Unidentified elderly woman,
probably in her 50s, three-quarter-length seated portrait.
Chair and pose
are almost identical to #jflong07
above, suggesting that they may have been taken on the same
occasion. However, negative numbers are not adjacent,
suggesting
otherwise, and borne out by slight differences in the arrangement of
the backdrop curtain and studio lighting.
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ID #:
jflong05
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street, Exeter
Negative
No. 22054
Size:
Mount 64
x 105.5 mm; Photo 57.5 x 97.5 mm
Card Type:
Type Vc (brown) - "Rotating squares" with text in 4 fonts, card stock
by Oborne,
London & Paris.
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1879-1880
Notes:
Thick card. Rounded corners.
Subject:
Woman probably in her late
30s or early 40s, three-quarter-length seated portrait.
Identified with some degree of certainty from another photo in the Exeter Abum
(#wcmitchell01) as Nelly
Taylor.
See also #jflong06.
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ID #:
jflong06
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street, Exeter
Negative
No. none
Size:
Mount 64
x 105.5 mm; Photo 58.5 x 98 mm
Card Type:
Type Vc (brown) - "Rotating squares" with text in 4 fonts, card stock
by Oborne,
London & Paris.
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1879-1880
Notes:
Thick card. Rounded corners.
Subject:
Woman probably in her late 30s or early 40s, head-and-shoulders
vignette portrait.
Identified with some degree of certainty from another photo in the Exeter Abum
(#wcmitchell01) as Nelly
Taylor.
See also #jflong05. |
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ID #:
jflong15
Provenance:
Collection of Roger Vaughan
Artist:
J.F. Long,
Exeter
Negative
No. unknown
Size:
Carte de
visite
Card
Type: unknown
Date:
Undated, but
probably taken in the early 1880s
Notes:
Thick card.
Rounded corners, trimmed at base.
Subject:
Unidentified man, probably in his 40s or 50s, three-quarter-length
seated portrait. |
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ID #:
jflong12
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, 45 High Street, Exeter
Negative
No. none
Size:
Mount 64
x 105.5 mm; Photo 58.5 x 96 mm
Card Type:
Type VI (brown) - "Rotating squares" with diagonal name and ornate
initial letters.
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1880-1882
Notes:
Thick card. Rounded corners.
Subject:
Unidentified young woman,
probably in her 20s, three-quarter-length portrait. |
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ID #:
jflong02
Provenance:
Exeter
Album
Collection of Brett
Payne
Artist:
J.F. Long, Exeter
Negative
No. none
Size:
Mount 63
x 105 mm; Photo 60.5 x 95 mm
Card Type:
Type VII (gold) - Dark green card stock with bevelled gold edges and
embossed gold type on front, reverse plain.
Date:
Undated, but probably taken c.1895-1900
Notes:
Thick card. Rounded corners. Remains of tissue protector on
reverse. Retouched around the eyes.
Subject:
Unidentified elderly woman,
in her 50s or 60s, head-and-shoulders vignette portrait.
Possibly
an older Nelly Taylor - see #jflong05
and #jflong06.
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ID #:
jflong16
Provenance:
Collection of Roger Vaughan
Artist:
J.F. Long,
Exeter
Negative
No. none
Size:
Carte de
visite
Card
Type: Dark
green card
stock, with
bevelled gold
edges and embossed
gold type on
front
Date:
Undated, but probably taken in
the late 1890s
Notes:
Thick card.
Rounded corners. Retouched around the eyes.
Subject:
Unidentified man, possibly in his 50s or 60s, head and shoulders
vignette portrait. |
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ID #:
jflong17
Provenance:
Collection of Roger Vaughan
Artist:
J.F. Long,
Exeter
Negative
No. none
Size:
Carte de
visite
Card
Type: Dark
green card
stock, with
bevelled gold
edges and embossed
gold type on
front
Date:
Undated, but probably taken in
the late 1890s
Notes:
Thick card.
Rounded corners.
Subject:
Unidentified elderly woman, possibly in her 60s, head and shoulders
vignette portrait. |
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