[Group including President James K. Polk, First Lady Sarah Polk, and former First Lady Dolley Madison]

[Group including President James K. Polk, First Lady Sarah Polk, and former First Lady Dolley Madison]

Photograph

Attributed to George Peter Alexander Healy

Maker
American, 1813–1894

[Group including President James K. Polk, First Lady Sarah Polk, and former First Lady Dolley Madison]

1846—1849
Daguerreotype
Image: 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (8.2 × 10.8 cm)
Case: 4 15/16 × 3 15/16 × 13/16 in. (12.5 × 10 × 2 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1979.3254.0001
DescriptionLeft to right: Secretary of State James Buchanan, Miss Harriet Lane, Miss Sarah Polk Rucker, Post Master General Cave Johnson, First Lady Sarah Polk, Secretary of the Navy Judge John Y. Mason, President James K. Polk, former First Lady Dolley Madison, Mrs. Elizabeth Dortch Brunson Johnson, man.


Inscriptions paper in case (pencil): Walker, R. J. Minister of War. Buchanan, James (Sec.) of State. Miss Lane (?)--intended wife. Mrs. Polk, James Polk, President. Mrs. Madison. Mrs. S. M. Maury.
Related Media

Review and updating of the museum's collection data is ongoing.
Inclusion of an object in this database does not guarantee its availability for loan.
For permission to use images from the online collections, please contact Image Rights and Reproductions.