Portrait of Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont inside her home, ca.1890

Photographic portrait of Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont inside her home, ca.1890. Mrs. Fremont can be seen wearing a dark long dress sitting in a flowery cloth seat. She can be seen holding a small book or a piece of folded paper in her lap. A desk with many compartments, many of which are filled with writing tools and paper, can be seen to the left of the woman. The desk is decorated with candles and a vase of flowers. Two portraits of a Major and Mrs. Fremont can be seen on the wall behind her and her desk. A patterned drape can be seen covering the opening of a doorway to the right of the woman