Frances B. Johnston was from Washington, D.C. at the time this portfolio was published.

Frances Benjamin Johnston: 1864-1952

The unknown model, with cherry or apple blossoms in her hair, bears a passing resemblance to the poster artist Ethel Reed. “Spring” also appeared as a halftone text illustration in the October, 1898 issue of Camera Notes (V.II, No. 2) published by the New York Camera Club.