Keep in mind that the first photograph, or at least the earliest surviving snapshot, was taken in 1826 or 1827 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, who lived from 1826 to 1827 in Paris. We have only had the ability to photograph people and events for a minuscule amount of time in the context of human history, and as a result, we will never truly know what the appearances of countless of history’s most renowned persons have been like. Fortunately, we have images of some of them. 

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was a lawyer, diplomat, and statesman. He was the eldest son of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the third president of the United Kingdom. During his political career, Quincy Adam served as a member of the United States Senate and House of Representatives for the state of Massachusetts, as well as an ambassador. Initially a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he was elected president of the United States in 1825. In the 1830s, he began to associate with the Whig Party, which he joined in 1840.