Mathew Brady: The Civil War

BORN: c1822 in Warren County, New York.
DIED: January 15, 1896 in New York, New York.

MOVEMENT: American Photography

INTERESTING FACTS:

Brady is best known for his portraits of personalities and documentation of the American Civil War.
He is credited as being the father of photojournalism.
In 1841, Brady studied under daguerreotypist Samuel F.B. Morse.
In 1844, he opened his own photography studio in New York. In 1849, he opened another studio in Washington, D.C..
To document the Civil War, Brady employed, Alexander Gardner, Timothy H. O’Sullivan, William Pywell, Thomas C. Roche and George N. Barnard.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Colonel James E. McMahon, Confederate Soldiers, Dead Soldier in Trench, General Philip H. Sheridan, General Ulysses S. Grant and Staff of Eight (2), General Commodore Barney.

MATHEW BRADY: THE CIVIL WAR contains 100+ Reproductions of battle scenes, portraits and landscapes (1860-1865) with title.
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