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National Portrait Gallery Buys Oldest Photo of US First Lady

The auction company said the photo was discovered when its sellers were cleaning out a basement after a relative had died. (Photo by Sotheby's)
The auction company said the photo was discovered when its sellers were cleaning out a basement after a relative had died. (Photo by Sotheby's)
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National Portrait Gallery Buys Oldest Photo of US First Lady

The auction company said the photo was discovered when its sellers were cleaning out a basement after a relative had died. (Photo by Sotheby's)
The auction company said the photo was discovered when its sellers were cleaning out a basement after a relative had died. (Photo by Sotheby's)

The Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery has purchased what is believed to be the earliest ever photo of a US first lady.

The daguerreotype - an image created through the first photographic process - shows former First Lady Dolley Madison, the wife of the fourth US president, James Madison, BBC reported.

The photograph, discovered recently, likely dates back to 1846, the museum said.

The Smithsonian Institution purchased the daguerreotype for $456,000 (£356,000) at a Sotheby's auction in June.

The portrait is "one of exceedingly few surviving photographs of the woman who has defined for two centuries what it means to be the First Lady of the United States of America", Sotheby's said in a statement.

 

 

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Scientists Find Cave on the Moon that Could be Used to Shelter Future Explorers

​​​​​​​ It's located at the Sea of Tranquility, just 250 miles (400 kilometers) from Apollo 11's landing site. - The AP
​​​​​​​ It's located at the Sea of Tranquility, just 250 miles (400 kilometers) from Apollo 11's landing site. - The AP
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Scientists Find Cave on the Moon that Could be Used to Shelter Future Explorers

​​​​​​​ It's located at the Sea of Tranquility, just 250 miles (400 kilometers) from Apollo 11's landing site. - The AP
​​​​​​​ It's located at the Sea of Tranquility, just 250 miles (400 kilometers) from Apollo 11's landing site. - The AP

Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago, and suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts.

An Italian-led team reported Monday that there's evidence for a sizable cave accessible from the deepest known pit on the moon.
It's located at the Sea of Tranquility, just 250 miles (400 kilometers) from Apollo 11's landing site.

The pit, like the more than 200 others discovered up there, was created by the collapse of a lava tube.

Researchers analyzed radar measurements by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and compared the results with lava tubes on Earth. Their findings appeared in the journal Nature Astronomy.