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 ...

He also created the earliest known photos of the US Capitol. Born into a Quaker family in North Carolina in 1768, Dolley Madison married James Madison in 1794.

The Washington, DC institution acquired a rare daguerreotype of former First Lady Dolley Madison, wife of fourth US president James Madison, for $456,000.