Learning Dressmaking, Tuskegee Institute

1902

Frances Benjamin Johnston

Associated Names
Frances Benjamin Johnston

Artist, American, 1864 - 1952

The image depicts a group of women sewing in a workshop or classroom. The women are engaged in various garment-making tasks, such as adjusting garments and operating sewing machines. They wear long skirts and blouses, with some seated at machines and others standing over fabric. Sewing machines and fabric pieces are visible, along with dress patterns on a blackboard, a brick wall, and dress forms in the background. The scene conveys a moment of focused craftsmanship.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 16.5 × 23.6 cm (6 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.94.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, New Orleans; Paul Hertzmann, San Francisco, CA, February 1980; NGA purchase, 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: F.B. Johnston 127; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: 7550

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