File talk:John Quincy Adams 1843.jpg
First ever photograph of an American President
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If the date on this image and Image:Andrew Jackson-1844-2.jpg are correct, this cannot be the first-ever photograph (daguerreotype) of an American President.
- It is not the first-ever photograph of an American President. John Quincy Adams was the 6th President and hence the earliest President to be photographed, although his photograph was taken after that of a later President (Andrew Jackson). 66.176.34.102
- Correction: This photograph of J.Q. Adams was taken in the mid 1840's, and the Andrew Jackson Photograph was taken in 1845, shortly before his death. Reference: "To the Best of My Ability". James M. McPherson. 2000, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, inc.
Read it again. The description of this photo says that JQA is the first president of whom a photograph exists. This refers not to the age of the photograph, but rather the chronology of the President. JQA was President before Andrew. -- —the preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.177.178.186 (talk • contribs)
- "The first ever photograph of an American President" is obviously not the same thing as the earliest American President of whom there is a photograph. The earlier description claimed it to be the first, which appears to be false. -- Infrogmation 04:26, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Debate as with regards the description of this image moved here from image page, content and signatures unchanged.KTo288 (talk) 01:25, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Please see the Metropolitan Museum of Art web site to resolve the issue and possibly remove the "disputed" tag from the file page. I have updated the text in the summary to give the correct date. Regarding the chronology of presidents and photography, this states that William Henry Harrison was probably photographed before JQA, but the image is lost, and a different image of Adams is the earliest known photograph of a U.S. president. Sswonk (talk) 05:29, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
