Most recently, researchers returned the original painting Pan, Youths & Nymphs where it originally hung in the Drawing Room when James and Dolley Madison lived at Montpelier. Also, Montpelier's ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has snagged the first known portrait of an American First Lady, buying the daguerreotype of Dolley Madison in its original leather case at Sotheby’s ...

James Madison is one of the most famous founding fathers, writing numerous political papers such as parts of the Federalist Papers and the United States Constitution, and eventually becoming the ...

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James Madison’s Montpelier hosted the dedication of the first and only commissioned statue of James and Dolley Madison on ... commissioned similar works of art for other historic properties.

Though it is not confirmed that Dolley contracted the fever, she did fall ill around the same time but recovered. May 1794: James Madison U.S. Congressional Representative James Madison asks to ...

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 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 quarter-plate daguerreotype of former First Lady Dolley Madison (1768-1849), wife of fourth US president James Madison, dates from around 1846. It joins a host of other early photographic ...