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Frances Benjamin Johnston, half-length portrait, seated, facing left – Antique Photo Print

Frances Benjamin Johnston, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, [1900] — historic photograph
Frances Benjamin Johnston, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, [1900]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Frances Benjamin Johnston, half-length portrait, seated, facing left. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Frances Benjamin Johnston, half-length portrait, seated, facing left

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Frances Benjamin Johnston, the Washington photographer and later a pioneering documenter of American architecture and gardens, sits for this half-length portrait turned to the left in a platinum print dated around 1900. Platinum printing was prized by photographers of the period for its soft tonal range and matte surface, qualities that suit a studio sitter. Johnston (1864–1952) was one of the most prominent women working behind the camera in her day, running her own business in Washington, D.C., and later contributing to publications and archives. The record's date and attribution come from an unverified caption card, so the picture is best read as a turn-of-the-century record of a working photographer seen by a colleague or in her own studio.

Created / published[1900]
Medium1 photographic print : platinum.
GenrePlatinum prints 1900.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: MPH Cat.; BI; Shelf.
SubjectsJohnston, Frances Benjamin,--1864-1952.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,213 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-150478

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