Portrait of Dolley Madison by Eastman Johnson (1824-1906). Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

Eastman painted this portrait in March, 1846, when he was first living in Washington, D.C., working in the Senate Committee rooms, and establishing his reputation.

Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated. Daguerreotype by Matthew B. Brady. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

Matthew Brady took several daguerreotypes of Dolley Madison in the last years of her life. This one is in the possession of the Library of Congress.

Daguerreotype of Maria Crittenden. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

Maria Crittenden (d. 1851) was an old friend of Dolley Payne Madison's. When Mrs. Madison returned to Washington, the Crittendens and Mrs. Madison began to socialize.

Drawing of Eliza Collins Lee from The Life and Letters of Dolly Madison by Allen C. Clark (1914).

Eliza Collins Lee and Dolley Payne Madison were friends throughout most of their lives. They first met in Philadelphia in the 1780s. Mrs. Lee was with Mrs. Madison in the few days before Dolley Madison died.