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Dolley Madison Portraits:
Miniature of Dolley Payne Madison painted by James Peale (1748-1831) in 1794. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. James Peale was the younger brother of the famous portraitist Charles Willson Peale. James Peale served as an officer in the Continental Army under George Washington. For most of his life he lived in Philadelphia, as did Dolley Madison.
 
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Engraving of Dolley Madison by Charles Goodman (1796-1835) and Robert Piggot (1795-1887) from an oil painting by Bass Otis (1784-1861). Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Otis executed the original painting in 1816, probably at Montpelier, when Mrs. Madison was forty-eight years old. The engraving was done at some time between 1817 and 1822 during which years Goodman and Piggot owned and ran an engraving firm which did work mainly for periodicals and annuals.
 
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Portrait of Dolley Madison by J.F.E. (John Frances Eugene) Prud'homme (1800-1892). Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library. Prud'homme was a popular engraver of portraits and illustrations for books and periodicals.
 
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Portrait of Dolley Madison by Eastman Johnson (1824-1906). Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Eastman painted this portrait in March, 1846, when he was first living in Washington, D.C., working in the Senate Committee rooms, and establishing his reputation.
 
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Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated. Daguerreotype by Matthew B. Brady. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Matthew Brady took several daguerreotypes of Dolley Madison in the last years of her life. This one is in the possession of the Library of Congress.
 
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Dolley Madison, engraving, from painting by Gilbert Stuart. Electronic image: Still Picture Branch, National Archives at College Park. [http://www.nara.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/] [NNSP-148-GW-936]
 
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