The National Portrait Gallery purchased an 1846 daguerreotype of Dolley Madison taken by John Plumbe Jr., the earliest known photograph of an American first lady.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by the National Portrait Gallery's own press release and independently corroborated by CNN, NPR, The Art Newspaper, and other sources.
Sources
- Eleven Fascinating Acquisitions That Joined the ... (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://npg.si.edu/about-us/press-release/national-portrait-gallery-acquires-earliest-known-photograph-us-first-lady (npg.si.edu)
- https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/09/style/dolley-madison-first-lady-photo-smithsonian-tan (cnn.com)
- https://www.npr.org/2024/07/10/nx-s1-5034050/dolley-madison-photo-portrait-gallery-first-lady-daguerreotype (npr.org)
- https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/07/03/dolley-madison-daguerreotype-acquired-national-portrait-gallery (theartnewspaper.com)