In February 1860, photographer Mathew Brady got the assignment of a lifetime. Abraham Lincoln was in New York to deliver a speech and stopped by Brady’s studio for a portrait. The future president ...
Photographer Mathew Brady (c. 1823 –1896) may be best remembered today for his role in producing a remarkable visual record of the Civil War (1861–65). Yet he initially gained fame as a portrait ...
Mathew Brady (1823?–1896) is the best-known photographer of the Civil War era. His reputation casts a large shadow over the history of the medium, obscuring the careers of people like Alexander ...
The National Portrait Gallery traces early images of American leaders, from John Quincy Adams to Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, William Judkins Thomson, half-plate ambrotype, 1858 Alice George - ...
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