1st Lady Dolley Madison, James Madison, engraving
Portrait of Dolley Todd Madison with her facsimile signature; signed in plate, 1870s stipple and line engraving by J.F.E. Prud'homme, drawn by J. Herring after painting by J. Wood.
Dolley Todd Madison (1768-1849) was the wife of James Madison, President of the United States from 1809 to 1817. She was noted for holding Washington social functions in which she invited members of both political parties, essentially spearheading the concept of bipartisan cooperation, albeit before that term was in use, in the United States.
While previously, founders such as Thomas Jefferson would only meet with members of one party at a time, and politics could often be a violent affair resulting in physical altercations and even duels, Madison helped to create the idea that members of each party could amicably socialize, network, and negotiate with each other without resulting in violence. By innovating political institutions as the wife of James Madison, Dolley Madison did much to define the role of the President's spouse, known only much later by the title First Lady - a function she had sometimes performed earlier for the widowed Thomas Jefferson. Consequently, she is the only woman to have functioned as U.S. presidential First Lady for two different administrations.
John Francis Eugine Prod'homme was born in the Island of St. Thomas, West Indies, Oct. 4, 1800; active 1888 in Georgetown, D.C. His parents moved to the United States in 1807, settled in New York in 1809. Prod'homme was trained as engraver in the workshop of his brother-in-law, Thomas Gimbrede. P. begun to create his own signed engravings in 1821, specializing in stipple portrait engravings. Since 1846, he was a member of the National Academy of Design. From 1869 through 1885 he worked as an engraver for Treasury Department in Washington D.C. [Reference: David McNeely Stauffer, American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel, Volume 1, pp. 215-216]
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ----------- $8.50
Canada: 1st Class (c. 2-6 weeks) --- $23.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) ----- $28.50
Condition Report: High quality heavy stock paper, the plate is 5.1/2" x 8.1/2"; some soiling, slightly bumped upper corner, very good condition.
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Portrait of Dolley Todd Madison with her facsimile signature; signed in plate, 1870s stipple and line engraving by J.F.E. Prud'homme, drawn by J. Herring after painting by J. Wood.
Dolley Todd Madison (1768-1849) was the wife of James Madison, President of the United States from 1809 to 1817. She was noted for holding Washington social functions in which she invited members of both political parties, essentially spearheading the concept of bipartisan cooperation, albeit before that term was in use, in the United States.
While previously, founders such as Thomas Jefferson would only meet with members of one party at a time, and politics could often be a violent affair resulting in physical altercations and even duels, Madison helped to create the idea that members of each party could amicably socialize, network, and negotiate with each other without resulting in violence. By innovating political institutions as the wife of James Madison, Dolley Madison did much to define the role of the President's spouse, known only much later by the title First Lady - a function she had sometimes performed earlier for the widowed Thomas Jefferson. Consequently, she is the only woman to have functioned as U.S. presidential First Lady for two different administrations.
John Francis Eugine Prod'homme was born in the Island of St. Thomas, West Indies, Oct. 4, 1800; active 1888 in Georgetown, D.C. His parents moved to the United States in 1807, settled in New York in 1809. Prod'homme was trained as engraver in the workshop of his brother-in-law, Thomas Gimbrede. P. begun to create his own signed engravings in 1821, specializing in stipple portrait engravings. Since 1846, he was a member of the National Academy of Design. From 1869 through 1885 he worked as an engraver for Treasury Department in Washington D.C. [Reference: David McNeely Stauffer, American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel, Volume 1, pp. 215-216]
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ----------- $8.50
Canada: 1st Class (c. 2-6 weeks) --- $23.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-8 weeks) ----- $28.50
Condition Report: High quality heavy stock paper, the plate is 5.1/2" x 8.1/2"; some soiling, slightly bumped upper corner, very good condition.
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