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[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated] – Vintage Wall Art

[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 Daguerreotypes & Early Photography 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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In 1848, when she was nearly eighty, Dolley Madison sat for this half-plate daguerreotype at Mathew Brady's studio, and the portrait shows her three-quarters length, facing the camera. She had been the White House hostess during her husband James Madison's presidency from 1809 to 1817, and her receptions made her one of the best-known women in the capital. She died in July 1849, so this sitting came near the end of her life. Daguerreotypes have a mirror-bright silver surface, so the image shifts with the light and looks best viewed at a slight angle.

Created / published[1848]
Medium1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1840-1850.Daguerreotypes 1840-1850.
NotesScratched on back of plate: 64. Same image as DAG no. 518X. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). 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 scan3,273 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference173_Dolley_Madison_threequa_1848

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