Photograph mounted within mat and card stock frame. Approximately 7½x5½, all together 10¼x7. Signed by Kate Matthews in pencil on mat. A portrait of the real life inspiration behind the Annie Fellows Johnston character "Mom Beck" from her Little Colonel children's book series. Rebecca Porter, an ex-slave, is seated and reading the newspaper. American photographer Kate Matthews produced many photograph to illustrate Johnston's wildly successful series of books.