Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

Daguerreotype of Dolley Madison
Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Acquires Recently Discovered Daguerreotype of Dolley Madison
Believed to be the earliest extant photographic portrait of a First Lady, the daguerreotype was the subject of fierce competition in Sotheby’s' latest sal
Abraham Lincoln by George Clark, ambrotype campaign pin, 1860
Historic Display of Photographic Portraits of US Presidents Marks Presidential Election
To mark the 2024 presidential election, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is presenting Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes from
Portrait of Frederick Douglass by an unidentified artist. Oil on canvas, c. 1845
Frederick Douglass Writings and Portraits in New Smithsonian Exhibition
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery's exhibition One Life: