Lois Hatcher: Dolley Madison

Artist: Lois Hatcher
1946 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1980
Image Size: 12.25 by 14.25 inches
Overall Size: 19 by 22 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Cold Press Illustration Board

At three p.m. on August 24, 1814, Dolley Madison sent a dispatch to her sister Anna. "Will you believe it, my sister? We have had a battle ... and here I am still, within sound of the cannon! Mr. Madison comes not ... At this late hour a wagon has been procured, and I have had it filled with ... the most valuable portable articles, belonging to the house. Whether it will reach its destination ... or fall into the hands of British soldiery, events must determine ... I insist on waiting until the large picture of General Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall. This process was found too tedious for these perilous moments; I have ordered the frame to be broken, and the canvas taken. It is done! ... And now dear sister I must leave this house ... When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell!" This, from the most charming hostess of Washington society, describes perhaps her greatest act. After the burning of the White House, little was left but a shell, and the valuables Dolley managed to save were worth her trouble. Dolley Madison served as hostess to the White House for sixteen years, throwing lavish dinners and receptions in both the Jefferson and Madison administrations. She shocked the Quakers, of whom she was one, by rouging her cheeks, dipping snuff, playing cards and wearing expensive clothes. But, her courage and charm won the admiration of international society.

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