Portraits of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, and his wife, Dolley, hang in the drawing room at Montpelier, the Madisons’ estate in Orange County.

These tiny portraits keep America's iconic leaders at our fingertips, their contributions to history forever stamped on our collective memory.

Dolley marries U.S. Representative James Madison at her sister’s home in West Virginia. The marriage results in Dolley’s dismissal from the Quaker community since James is not a Quaker.

Among the earliest works to be featured is the recently acquired daguerreotype of Dolley Madison by John Plumbe Jr.; Alexander Gardner’s original “cracked-plate” portrait of Abraham Lincoln; British ...

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Carpenters' Hall, located half a block from Madison's former home, is holding tea parties each Tuesday in February hosted by the first lady. No, it's not the real Dolley — she's been dead since ...

As the heroine of the War of 1812 who saved the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington and was instrumental in creating Washington, D.C.’s social and political culture, Dolley Madison ...

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This photograph of Dolley Madison now joins the National Portrait Gallery's collection, which includes approximately 230 portraits of first ladies.

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., acquired the circa 1846 daguerreotype, which depicts Dolley Madison in her later years, at some point in her 70s.