B11776

B11776

Portrait of Rebekah Baines at about age 2

ca. 1883

H.B.Hillyer's, Austin, Texas

Portrait of Rebekah Baines (mother of President Lyndon B. Johnson) at about age 2

Austin, Texas

Original is carte de visite size (ca. 2 1/2 x 4"), most likely albumen print, mounted on cardboard. Original is damaged: creased horizontally across middle of image (near RB's chin), also some other losses and stains. RB is seated in Victorian looking upholstered chair, wearing white clothing, dark stockings, staring intently at camera. Note: original print was loaned to LBJ Library AV Archives (for scanning) by Lynda Robb who retains it.