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| Keywords: Margaret Taylor.gif Margaret Taylor allegedly However there is a good chance that this is not actually a photo of Margaret Taylor; http //books google com/books id CNia8NBy21AC pg PA41 lpg PA41 dq 22first-lady 22+margaret+taylor+daguerreotype+history+photography source web ots OjawIgbYMa sig -CkeJsT3A4V7UGegEk0TOj1j5ZM hl en ei N1ybSfGxKYnOtQP44p2cAg sa X oi book_result resnum 2 ct result PPA41 M1 this book says she refused to sit for a portrait or even a photograph This is however an etching that is said to be her and that resembles this photo; someone should try to track this down as firstladies org is not clearly a reliable source Note that if this daguerreotype 1 is authentic and 2 was taken in 1845 as claimed the photography session would have occured about four years before Zachary Taylor's ascent to the presidency while General Taylor was still the commander of the US Army's southern division http //www firstladies org/biographies/firstladies aspx biography 13 firstladies org While the author is unknown there is no mathematically possible way that he is not yet dead 70 years circa 1845 Author PD-old Margaret Taylor | ||||
