Very clean clear image of the widow of Senator Stephen A. Douglas. She is posed by a balustrade and column on which her black feathered hat rests. She wears a black dress with a white collar and under sleeves and holds a white handkerchief. The photographer’s imprint is on the bottom of the mount and is for C. D. FREDRICKS & CO…. NEW YORK. The information is also printed on the back.

Adele Cutts, the second wife of Senator Stephen A. Douglas, was a Washington hostess and socialite. She grew up attending the receptions of her great-aunt, Dolley Madison. Miss Cutts was admired for her grace, dignity, and beauty. In 1856 she married Senator Douglas, a widower with two sons, twenty-two years older than his new bride. They built a mansion with a ballroom and it quickly became the social center of Washington. Mrs. Douglas accompanied her husband everywhere until his death in 1861.

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