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[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated] – Historic Photograph Print

[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated], [1848] — historic photograph
[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated], [1848]. Historic photograph from the African American History collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Dolley Madison sits at three-quarter length, facing the camera, in this half-plate daguerreotype made in 1848 at Mathew Brady's studio. She was in her late seventies and had been a widow since James Madison died in 1836. As the wife of the fourth president, she had long been admired in Washington for her social grace, and she was known for rescuing the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington during the 1814 burning of the city. The portrait dates from the final year of her life, as she died in 1849. Early daguerreotypes like this one required the sitter to hold still for several seconds, so the calm pose reflects that demand.

Created / published[1848]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850.
NotesSame image as DAG no. 064. Hallmark: [caduceus] Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Forms part of: Brady-Handy collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
SubjectsMadison, Dolley,--1768-1849.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,816 × 4,701 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220329

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