Oldest known portrait of a US president unearthed after over 100 years in storage

The oldest known original photo of a U.S. president will go up for auction at Sotheby's on October 5th, the auction house has revealed. The daguerreotype is a black and white silver-plate portrait of John Quincy Adams, who is featured sitting in a chair as a Massachusetts congressman following his term as president. The photo was originally gifted by Adams to Vermont congressman Horace Everett, who remained in possession of the photo until the time of his death. Though the photo had remained at ...