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[Two unidentified women being photographed] (LOC)

Johnston, Frances Benjamin,, 1864-1952,, photographer.

 

[Two unidentified women being photographed]

 

[ca. 1890]

 

1 photographic print : cyanotype.

 

Notes:

The women in the portrait were formerly misidentified as the Allen sisters, photographers of Deerfield, MA.

Title devised by Library staff.

Photograph showing two women in profile, posing for a portrait. Includes the photographer and camera, an assistant holding a white tablecloth to reflect light, and a mirror revealing more of the people in the room.

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Subjects:

Photography--1890-1900.

Photographers--1890-1900.

Posing--1890-1900.

 

Format: Group portraits--1890-1900.

Portrait photographs--1890-1900.

Cyanotypes--1890-1900.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

For more information about this collection, see www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fbj

 

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.04883

 

Call Number: LOT 11734-3 [item]

 

 

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Uploaded on July 1, 2011
Taken sometime in 1890