• Dolley Payne Todd Madison
    Bass Otis
    portrait
    First Family
    This reproduction is of a portrait of First Lady Dolley Payne Todd Madison painted by Bass Otis in the mid-19th century. Dolley Madison served as first lady during her husband's tenure as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
  • Daniel Webster, White House Collection
    Bass Otis
    portraits
    likeness
    Congress
    Cabinet
    White House Collection
    This portrait of Daniel Webster was done by Bass Otis. Webster was a highly regarded orator and served as secretary of state under three different presidents (William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore). He also served in the House of Representatives and the Senate, representing New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Otis was a famous early American inventor and portrait artist who produced the first American lithograph in 1819.