A New Look at the Longworths

June 28–November 2, 2025 | Sinton Gallery

A New Look at the Longworths unveils three recent gifts to the Taft Museum of Art: portraits of Nicholas and Susan Longworth—who lived in the Taft historic house for more than three decades beginning in 1830—and Nicholas’s sister, Catherine. The exhibition traces the paintings’ history within the family, highlights their conservation, and follows the quest to identify the artist who made them. It also shares new findings on Nicholas Longworth’s art patronage and his attitude toward abolition. Through these three paintings and other portraits from the Taft archives, A New Look at the Longworths sheds light on a family that helped shape Cincinnati as well as the museum that was once their home.

Unknown artist, Nicholas Longworth, probably 1850s, oil on canvas. Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, Gift of Emily Renshaw Pistilli, 2024.1. Photo by Tony Arrasmith
Unknown artist, Susan Howell Conner Longworth, probably 1850s, oil on canvas. Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, Gift of Emily Renshaw Pistilli, 2024.2. Photo by Tony Arrasmith
Unknown artist, Catherine Longworth, probably 1850s, oil on canvas. Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, Gift of Emily Renshaw Pistilli, 2024.3. Photo by Tony Arrasmith

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