Bibframe Work
Title[Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, seated in front of fireplace, facing left, holding cigarette in one hand and a beer stein in the other, in her Washington, D.C. studio]TypeStill ImageMonographSubjectJohnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952Photographic studios--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900 (LCTGM)Women--Clothing & dress--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900 (LCTGM)Self-portraits--1890-1900 (GMGPC)Photographic prints--1890-1900 (GMGPC) NoteForms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).SummaryIn this self-portrait the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston poses as an independent 'new woman.' On the mantlepiece are six portraits she took of men (from left to right): poet Bliss Carman; A. N. Brown, likely the librarian at the U.S. Naval Academy; Henry Guston Rogers, likely the inventor and playwright Henry Gustave Rogers; architect James Rush Marshall; Smithsonian librarian Frank Phister; and L. M. McCormick, a photographer and member of the Capital Camera Club.Authorized Access PointJohnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952 [Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, seated in front of fireplace, facing left, holding cigarette in one hand and a beer stein in the other, in her Washington, D.C. studio]