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Mathew Brady Albumen print Brady put his money and reputation on the line to create a visual record of the Civil War, but he hired experienced operators to do most of the dirty work in the field. He displayed his images of the war's protagonists and its grisly carnage in his New York City and Washington D.C. studios, and popular newspapers and magazines of the day reproduced them as engravings. After the war Brady fell into financial ruin and eventually lost possession of the glass-plate negatives he treasured. Brady was not entirely the combat photographer he claimed to be, but he made history as the sponsor of America's first important documentary project. Source: The American Art Book (Mini Edition) Mathew Brady was the most celebrated American photographic artist of the mid-nineteenth century. Hundreds of famous men and womenposed before his camera, including Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Charles Dickens. (Source: Mathew Brady's Illustrated History of The Civil War Extensively Scanned). He sold his collection of negatives to the United States Government for $27,840. Even then the entire collection was valued at $150,000. (Source: Mathew Brady's Illustrated History of The Civil War Extensively Scanned). He photographed the Civil War from 1861-65. (Source: Mathew Brady's Illustrated History of The Civil War Extensively Scanned). In the early 1850s, he was the repersentative photographic artist of the day. The list of the famous men and women who posed before his camera is too long to list here but included: Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, Abraham Lincoln, Joseph Jefferson, Clara Barton, Henry Grinnell and Henry Ward Beecher. (Source: Mathew Brady's Illustrated History of The Civil War Extensively Scanned). Mathew Brady Books Available: Amazon.co.uk |
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