Mathew Brady: Portraits

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:
Walt Whitman, Miss Clara Barton, Horace Greeley, General George A. Custer, Annie Surratt, Captain Edward P. Doherty.

MATHEW BRADY: PORTRAITS contains 100+ Portrait Reproductions of personalities, statesman and military (1860-1865) with titles.