Frances Benjamin Johnston: Subjects & Themes

Browse works by subject category

Lantern Slides

404 works

Gardens

American gardens and estates that Johnston documented for clients, designers, and her popular illustrated lectures.

272 works

Hand Colored

164 works

Reproductions

93 works

Portrait Photographs

85 works

Cyanotypes

77 works

Johnston

70 works

Frances Benjamin

65 works

Virginia

58 works

Washington (D.C.)

55 works

New York (State)

54 works

California

47 works

Book Illustrations

40 works

Flowers

40 works

Italy

40 works

Houses

38 works

Woodcuts

36 works

Group Portraits

35 works

African Americans

27 works

Women

26 works

New York

24 works

Wildflowers

24 works

Fountains

23 works

Alabama

22 works

Education

Schools and classrooms, especially Johnston's photographs of vocational and academic instruction at Hampton and Tuskegee.

22 works

Facilities

21 works

Massachusetts

21 works

D.C.)

20 works

Saint

20 works

Landscape Architecture Drawings

19 works

Pasadena

19 works

Tuskegee Normal And Industrial Institute

19 works

Walkways

19 works

Plants

18 works

People

17 works

Stairways

17 works

Homes & Haunts

16 works

Ohio

16 works

Porches

16 works

Site Plans

16 works

Family

15 works

Dayton

14 works

Students

14 works

Estates

Country houses and their grounds photographed in Johnston's garden and architectural work of the 1910s and 1920s.

13 works

Backyards

12 works

Botanical Illustrations

12 works

Cameras

12 works

Labor Housing

12 works

Montecito

12 works

National Cash Register Company

12 works

Photographers

12 works

Blessed Virgin

11 works

Interiors

11 works

Mary

11 works

North Carolina

11 works

Elbert

10 works

Hotels

10 works

Hubbard

10 works

Jesus Christ

10 works

Sculpture

10 works