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Brady, Mathew B. (American photographer, 1823-1896)
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Note: Brady first learned the art of photography in 1841, where he studied with Samuel B. Morse at the New York Academy of Design and at Morse's own daguerreotype school. Brady opened a daguerreotype studio in New York City, New York in 1844, where over the years he concentrated on portraits, most notably famous contemporary Americans, such as the statesman Henry Clay. In 1847, with his business flourishing, Brady opened another portrait studio in Washington, D.C. In 1860, Brady opened the largest of his galleries, called the National Portrait Gallery, and in that year took his first of many famous portraits of Abraham Lincoln. In 1861, Brady requested permission to document the Civil War. From 1861 to 1865, he organized teams of photographers attached to all parts of the United States Army who documented battles, officers and equipment. Brady and his team were able to cover all the battles and events of the war, which include portraits of Generals Grant and Lee, as well as unflinching images of dead soldiers. Brady approached the state concerning purchasing his collection, but it wasn't until 1875, after a vote in Congress, that the War Department of the United States purchased part of his Civil War collection of glass negatives. The purchase came too late, as Brady was reduced to poverty, selling the last of his galleries in 1895. |
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Brady, Mathew B. (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA,U) |
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Mathew B. Brady (V,display) |
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Brady, Mathew (V) |
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Brady, Matthew B. (V) |
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Brady, M. B. (U) |
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Mathew B. Brady (studio of) (U) |
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Brady (studio of), Mathew B. (U) |
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photographer |
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painter |
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portraitist |
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Related People or Corporate Bodies: |
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Fowx, Egbert Guy from ca. 1860 to 1863 |
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(American photographer, born 1821 or 1825, died after 1883 ) [500037011] |
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Gardner, Alexander from 1856 to 1863 |
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(American photographer and printer, 1821-1882, born in Scotland) [500115196] |
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Pywell, William R. ca. 1860 - ca. 1865 |
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(American photographer, born 1843 or 1844, died 1887) [500036928] |
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Turner, Austin Augustus in 1853 |
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(American photographer and photolithographer, ca. 1831 - 1866) [500021568] |
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Walker, Lewis E. in 1856 |
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(American photographer, born ca. 1823, died 1880) [500040776] |
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E. & H. T. Anthony |
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(American publisher and manufacturing company, established 1852, dissolved 1901) [500033381] |
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O'Sullivan, Timothy H. |
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(American photographer, ca. 1840 -1882) [500005788] |
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Biographies:
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(American photographer, 1823-1896) ..... [BHA Preferred]
(American photographer; born Lake George (Warren County, New York, United States), 1823; died New York (City) (New York, United States), 1896) ..... [CCA]
(American painter ca.1823-1896) ..... [GRLPA]
(American, ca. 1823-1896, daguerreotypist) ..... [JPGM]
(American artist, 19th cent.) ..... [WCP]
(American artist, 1823-1896) ..... [WCI]
(American photographer, ca. 1823-1896) ..... [VP]
(American artist, 1823-1896) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(American photographer, 1823-1896) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, ca. 1823-1896) ..... [GRL]
(American artist, 1823-1896) ..... [MoMA]
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Brady, Mathew B. ........ | [BHA Preferred, CCA Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, JPGM Preferred, VP Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred] |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 6 July 2006
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Grove Art artist database (1989-)
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Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 81140569
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Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
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New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America (1957)
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Witt Library, Authority files | | | | | |
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American Image: Photographs from the National Archives (1979) 7
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Auer, Encyclopédie des Photographes (1985)
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Canadian Centre for Architecture database
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Eastman House Database [online] (n.d.)
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 6 July 2006
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Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
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Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n81140569
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Gernsheim, History of Photography from the Camera Obscura (1969)
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Getty Vocabulary Program rules
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Grove Art artist database (1989-)
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Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n81140569
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Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
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New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America (1957)
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Newhall, History of Photography (1982)
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Sandweiss, Nineteenth-Century Photography in America (1991) 320
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Szarkowski, Photographer's Eye (1966)
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Taft, Photography and the American Scene (1938) 55-61
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Witt Computer Index database
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Witt Library, Authority files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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