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[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated] – Antique Photo 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 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Dolley Madison sat for this half-plate daguerreotype in 1848, the year before she died, when she was in her late seventies and had been out of the White House for more than three decades. She made her name there as a hostess during her husband James Madison's presidency. She is shown seated, three-quarter length and facing the camera, a formal pose typical of Mathew Brady's studio, which built its reputation in the 1840s with portraits of prominent Americans. The Library of Congress holds a later copy that was transferred from the U.S. War College in 1920.

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 scan1,144 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference174_Dolley_Madison_threequa_1848

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