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Art News: Rare Portraits of Computer Pioneer Join U.K. National Collection

By David Schonauer   Friday January 30, 2026

The only surviving photographs of 19th-century mathematician Ada Lovelace have been snapped up by the National Portrait Gallery in London after going up for auction at Bonhams. The group of three daguerreotypes was offered at the auction house in last June, with an estimate of $107,395 to $161,090. The lot was …

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