Woman seated for individual portrait. She is wearing a dress in a plaid material that has dropped shoulder seams, bishop sleeves, a belt, and a hooped skirt. She has a necklace as well as a ribbon with a brooch at her neck All this indicates some wealth. She's seated at a table holding a book.

R. G. Gardner, Photographer, Maquoketa, Iowa

Inscribed on back "Aunt Rhoda Kauffman"