That very first gathering on January 13, 1888, is portrayed in a painting that hangs at NG headquarters in Washington, D.C. The painting was done for the Society's 75th birthday in 1963. Unfortunately, the artist, Stanley Meltzoff, seems to have been guided by photos of the founders taken later in their lives. Looking eminently Victorian and respectable in the painting, in reality they were much younger -- their average age was only 42 and many were in the prime of their careers. Indeed the youngest, Robert Muldrow, was only 24 years old.
123rd Anniversary of the National Geographic Society - NatGeo News Watch
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