Large cabinet photograph depicting a young woman theatrically posed beside a wooden wash tub and washboard. The woman wears a wide decorated hat and dark blouse with bow while leaning forward as if engaged in laundering. In her raised hand she holds a bar of soap, presenting it toward the viewer while the washboard rests inside the tub. The staged composition and exaggerated gesture suggest the image may represent a comic studio tableau or promotional photograph connected to a theatrical or literary theme.

The mount bears the printed imprint “Parisian Photograph Gallery – 252 State St. and 254 E. Main St., Rochester, N.Y.” The reverse carries a handwritten caption reading “Lillian Washburn in ‘The Souls of the Living’” along with the note “Standard Theatre, Nov. 10.” The inscription indicates the sitter was likely a stage performer appearing in a production under that title.

The photograph combines theatrical costume portraiture with an occupational laundry prop, producing a lively staged image typical of promotional studio photography associated with traveling theatrical productions in the late nineteenth century.