The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., has acquired an image of Dolley Madison, believed to be the first photograph of a U.S. first lady. The circa 1846 daguerreotype was purchased for ...

The National Portrait Gallery has acquired an image of Dolley Madison that's believed to be the first photograph of a first lady. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has acquired the first ...

The quarter-plate daguerreotype of former First Lady Dolley Madison, wife of fourth US president James Madison, dates from around 1846. It joins a host of other early photographic portraits in the ...

The portrait of the first lady ... adding the recently surfaced daguerreotype of Dolley Madison to the Smithsonian’s permanent collection. Sotheby’s had estimated that the daguerreotype ...

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., acquired the circa 1846 daguerreotype, which depicts Dolley Madison in her later years, at some... This portrait of Dolley Madison might be the ...