Portrait of Rosa Ponselle seated on a bench. She is wearing a white or light-colored gown with fitted bodice and full length, bouffant skirt decorated with strings of pearls. She also has a string of pearls around her neck and a decorative headband. Her lower arms are raised, with hands together next to her right cheek. The photograph is inscribed to Lois Steers and the date on the inscription, 1927, corresponds with the year she made a West Coast concert tour, singing in Portland on March 21, 1927.