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Artist
Frances Benjamin Johnston, 15 Jan 1864 - 16 May 1952
Sitter
Frances Folsom Cleveland, 21 Jul 1864 - 29 Oct 1947
Date
c. 1897
Type
Photograph
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 18.2 × 32.7 cm (7 3/16 × 12 7/8")
Mount: 22.2 × 35.6 cm (8 3/4 × 14")
Topic
Costume\Jewelry\Necklace
Interior
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Costume\Dress Accessory\Glove\Gloves
Container\Vase
Architecture\Fireplace\Mantel
Frances Folsom Cleveland: Female
Frances Folsom Cleveland: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\University
Frances Folsom Cleveland: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
S/NPG.77.60
Exhibition Label
This group portrait was taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston, one of the first prominent women photographers in the United States. It is one of several that documents the regular meetings of the Washington wives who had the power to both influence and impact their husbands’ careers in often unexpected ways. In addition to these meetings, Frances Folsom Cleveland held weekly Saturday afternoon receptions so that working women could attend official functions at the White House.
Throughout the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth, it was expected that the first lady would socialize with the wives of her husband’s cabinet members.
Este retrato grupal fue tomado por Frances Benjamin Johnston, una de las primeras mujeres fotógrafas destacadas de EE.UU. La imagen es una de varias que documentan las reuniones habituales de las esposas de los políticos de Washington, damas con poder de afectar las carreras de sus esposos, a menudo de forma inesperada. Además de estas, Frances Folsom Cleveland ofrecía recepciones todos los sábados en la tarde para que las mujeres que trabajaban pudieran asistir a eventos oficiales de la Casa Blanca.
Durante el siglo XIX y entrado el XX, se esperaba que la primera dama socializara con las esposas de los miembros del gabinete de su esposo.
