Mathew B. Brady

American Photographer · 1823–1896

122 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture

> The correspondents of the rebel newspapers are sheer falsifiers, the correspondents of the Northern Journals are not to be depended upon . . . but Brady never misrepresents. > > Though known first as a portraitist, Mathew Brady became the most famous American photographer of the 1800s because of his studio's many Civil War images. Like other enterprising photographers in the mid-1850s, he opened

Works

69th Reg. N.Y.V. Pioneer Party

69th Reg. N.Y.V. Pioneer Party

Getty Museum · about 1862

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Getty Museum · February 1860

[Abraham] Lincoln [in profile]

[Abraham] Lincoln [in profile]

Getty Museum · 1862–1864

Admiral [David Glasgow] Farragut

Admiral [David Glasgow] Farragut

Getty Museum · about 1865

Aiken House

Aiken House

Getty Museum · 1864

[American Civil War compilation album: mostly group portraits of generals and their staffs plus some camp scenes]

[American Civil War compilation album: mostly group portraits of generals and their staffs plus some camp scenes]

Getty Museum · 1864

Baldy Smith and Staff

Baldy Smith and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

Bejamin Hoid(?)

Bejamin Hoid(?)

Getty Museum · 1861–1865

Belle Plain [illeg.] Landing

Belle Plain [illeg.] Landing

Getty Museum · 1864

Bermuda Hundred

Bermuda Hundred

Getty Museum · 1864

Birney and Staff

Birney and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

[Brevet Major-]Gen. [John Henry] Martindale (1815 - 1881)

[Brevet Major-]Gen. [John Henry] Martindale (1815 - 1881)

Getty Museum · about 1862

[Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry and Staff]

[Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry and Staff]

Getty Museum · 1864

Broadway Landing. Appomattox River

Broadway Landing. Appomattox River

Getty Museum · 1864

Burnside and Staff

Burnside and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

Butler and Staff

Butler and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

[Cages Where Enslaved People Were Held]

[Cages Where Enslaved People Were Held]

Getty Museum · 1862

Captain Coopers [sic] Battery - 1 Pennsylvania B. [sic] in front of P.

Captain Coopers [sic] Battery - 1 Pennsylvania B. [sic] in front of P.

Getty Museum · 1864

Captain Coopers [sic] Battery - 1 Pennsylvania B. [sic] in front of P.

Captain Coopers [sic] Battery - 1 Pennsylvania B. [sic] in front of P.

Getty Museum · 1864

Captain [illeg.] Battery

Captain [illeg.] Battery

Getty Museum · 1864

City Point

City Point

Getty Museum · 1864

Cornwallis' Cave. Converted into a Magazine by the Confederates.

Cornwallis' Cave. Converted into a Magazine by the Confederates.

Getty Museum · 1862

Crawford and Staff

Crawford and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

Departure of the Mayflower

Departure of the Mayflower

Getty Museum · 1859

[Double turreted monitor "Onondaga", James River, Virginia]

[Double turreted monitor "Onondaga", James River, Virginia]

Getty Museum · 1864

Dutch Gap Canal

Dutch Gap Canal

Getty Museum · 1864

Edward Everett

Edward Everett

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1858

[Edwin F. Hatfield, D.D.]

[Edwin F. Hatfield, D.D.]

Getty Museum · 1862–1865

Fort Brady 1st Connecticut Artillery. Building Winter Quarters

Fort Brady 1st Connecticut Artillery. Building Winter Quarters

Getty Museum · 1864

[Fort Totten defenses of Washington]

[Fort Totten defenses of Washington]

Getty Museum · about 1862

[Ft. Runyon Settlers]

[Ft. Runyon Settlers]

Getty Museum · about 1862

G.B. Fosters Naval Brigade. Captain [illeg.] C.M. 13 [illeg.]

G.B. Fosters Naval Brigade. Captain [illeg.] C.M. 13 [illeg.]

Getty Museum · 1864

General Ames and Staff

General Ames and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

General Foster and Staff

General Foster and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

[General George Thomas]

[General George Thomas]

Getty Museum · about 1865

General Grant

General Grant

Getty Museum · 1864

General Ledlie and Staff

General Ledlie and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

General Neil [sic] and Staff

General Neil [sic] and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

[General Sherman & Staff Before Atlanta July 19, 1864]

[General Sherman & Staff Before Atlanta July 19, 1864]

Getty Museum · July 19, 1864

Generals Torbert, Sheridan, Wilson, Davies, Merritt, Gregg

Generals Torbert, Sheridan, Wilson, Davies, Merritt, Gregg

Getty Museum · 1864

General Terry's Headquarters

General Terry's Headquarters

Getty Museum · 1864

[General Ulysses S. Grant and Staff]

[General Ulysses S. Grant and Staff]

Getty Museum · 1864

Gen. [Romeyn B.] Ayers

Gen. [Romeyn B.] Ayers

Getty Museum · about 1862

[Gen. Ulysses S. Grant]

[Gen. Ulysses S. Grant]

Getty Museum · 1864–1866

[Georgetown Aqueduct looking towards Georgetown]

[Georgetown Aqueduct looking towards Georgetown]

Getty Museum · about 1862

Gibbon, Birney, Barlow, and Hancock

Gibbon, Birney, Barlow, and Hancock

Getty Museum · 1864

Griffin and Staff

Griffin and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

Griffin and Staff

Griffin and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

[Group of seven soldiers, one being seated]

[Group of seven soldiers, one being seated]

Getty Museum · about 1862

[Group portrait of fourteen men standing].

[Group portrait of fourteen men standing].

Getty Museum · 1862

Gun Boat Agawam

Gun Boat Agawam

Getty Museum · 1864

Gun Boat Stepping Stone

Gun Boat Stepping Stone

Getty Museum · 1864

Hancock and Staff

Hancock and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

[illeg.] Knight (Rebel) Taken 15 June 1864

[illeg.] Knight (Rebel) Taken 15 June 1864

Getty Museum · June 15, 1864

Interior Fort Brady

Interior Fort Brady

Getty Museum · 1864

[Jefferson Davis]

[Jefferson Davis]

Getty Museum · about 1860

[Joseph Camp Griffith Kennedy]

[Joseph Camp Griffith Kennedy]

Getty Museum · daguerreotype about 1850; print about 1860

Libbey [sic] Prison

Libbey [sic] Prison

Getty Museum · 1864

Maj. Gen. [Andrew Atkinson] Humphreys. Chief of Gen. Meade's Staff.

Maj. Gen. [Andrew Atkinson] Humphreys. Chief of Gen. Meade's Staff.

Getty Museum · about 1862

Major General A.E. Burnside

Major General A.E. Burnside

Getty Museum · about 1861

[Major-]General [Benjamin Franklin] Butler (1818 - 1893)

[Major-]General [Benjamin Franklin] Butler (1818 - 1893)

Getty Museum · about 1864

[Major-General Daniel Edgar] Sickles (1825 - 1914)

[Major-General Daniel Edgar] Sickles (1825 - 1914)

Getty Museum · about 1862

Major[-General Hiram G.] Berry (died May 3, 1863)

Major[-General Hiram G.] Berry (died May 3, 1863)

Getty Museum · about 1862

[Major-General Philip Henry Sheridan]

[Major-General Philip Henry Sheridan]

Getty Museum · 1865

Martindale and Russell and Neil [sic]

Martindale and Russell and Neil [sic]

Getty Museum · 1864

Mendota

Mendota

Getty Museum · 1864

Merritt and Staff

Merritt and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

[Micihigan(?) Camp nr. Washington 1861]

[Micihigan(?) Camp nr. Washington 1861]

Getty Museum · 1861

Miles Standish and John Alden

Miles Standish and John Alden

Getty Museum · 1859

Monitor Canonicus Taking on Coal at Frenchis [illeg.]

Monitor Canonicus Taking on Coal at Frenchis [illeg.]

Getty Museum · 1864

[Montgomery] Blair [postmaster-general]

[Montgomery] Blair [postmaster-general]

Getty Museum · 1862–1864

Mr. Archibald/British Consul/N.Y.

Mr. Archibald/British Consul/N.Y.

Getty Museum · about 1862

Nathaniel Parker Willis

Nathaniel Parker Willis

Getty Museum · 1857

Officers, 71st Regiment, New York Infantry

Officers, 71st Regiment, New York Infantry

Getty Museum · 1861

Onondega [sic]

Onondega [sic]

Getty Museum · 1864

Perry

Perry

Getty Museum · 1864

Pontoon Bridge

Pontoon Bridge

Getty Museum · 1864

[Portrait of an unidentified middle-aged man with muttonchop whiskers, wearing wire-rimmed glasses]

[Portrait of an unidentified middle-aged man with muttonchop whiskers, wearing wire-rimmed glasses]

Getty Museum · about 1856

[Portrait of a woman and child]

[Portrait of a woman and child]

Getty Museum · about 1851

[Portrait of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy]

[Portrait of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy]

Getty Museum · about 1861

[Portrait of Lt.-Col. Camille Ferri-Pisani, aide-de-camp to Prince Louis Napoleon, cousin of Napoleon III]

[Portrait of Lt.-Col. Camille Ferri-Pisani, aide-de-camp to Prince Louis Napoleon, cousin of Napoleon III]

Getty Museum · 1861

Port Royal, Virginia, May 3rd 1864

Port Royal, Virginia, May 3rd 1864

Getty Museum · May 3, 1864

Potter and Staff

Potter and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

Priscilla and John Alden

Priscilla and John Alden

Getty Museum · 1859

Professor Lowe Inflating Balloon Intrepid

Professor Lowe Inflating Balloon Intrepid

Getty Museum · 1862

Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid to Reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks.

Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid to Reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks.

Getty Museum · 1862

Putnam

Putnam

Getty Museum · 1864

Rebel Prisoners

Rebel Prisoners

Getty Museum · 1864

Rebel Prisoners, Gettysburgh.

Rebel Prisoners, Gettysburgh.

Getty Museum · about 1862

Reverdy Johnson

Reverdy Johnson

Getty Museum · 1862–1865

[Robert E. Lee]

[Robert E. Lee]

Getty Museum · April 16, 1865

Ruins at City Point - After the Explosion

Ruins at City Point - After the Explosion

Getty Museum · 1864

Sheridan

Sheridan

Getty Museum · 1864

Sheridan and Staff

Sheridan and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

Signal Tower

Signal Tower

Getty Museum · 1864

Smith O'Brien

Smith O'Brien

Getty Museum · about 1860

[Teresa Carreño]

[Teresa Carreño]

Getty Museum · about 1862

The Ambassador

The Ambassador

Getty Museum · 1859

The Apparition

The Apparition

Getty Museum · 1859

The Council

The Council

Getty Museum · 1859

[The Prince of Wales and Suite]

[The Prince of Wales and Suite]

Getty Museum · 1860

The War Path

The War Path

Getty Museum · 1859

The Wedding Procession

The Wedding Procession

Getty Museum · 1859

Third Connecticut Regiment, Infantry, Camp Douglas, 1861/[Union Troops and Camp Followers]

Third Connecticut Regiment, Infantry, Camp Douglas, 1861/[Union Troops and Camp Followers]

Getty Museum · May 1861

Tomb of the Mother of Washington. Fredericksburg

Tomb of the Mother of Washington. Fredericksburg

Getty Museum · 1864

[Unidentified bearded man]

[Unidentified bearded man]

Getty Museum · 1861–1865

[Unidentified long bearded man in profile]

[Unidentified long bearded man in profile]

Getty Museum · 1861–1865

[Unidentified man in profile, printed in vignette-style]

[Unidentified man in profile, printed in vignette-style]

Getty Museum · 1864–1866

[Unidentified man, printed in vignette-style]

[Unidentified man, printed in vignette-style]

Getty Museum · 1864–1866

[Unidentified man with graying beard, no moustache, in profile, printed in vignette-style]

[Unidentified man with graying beard, no moustache, in profile, printed in vignette-style]

Getty Museum · 1864–1866

[Unidentified Union Civil War general]

[Unidentified Union Civil War general]

Getty Museum · 1864–1866

[Unidentified Union soldier, standing]

[Unidentified Union soldier, standing]

Getty Museum · 1861–1864

[Walt Whitman]

[Walt Whitman]

Getty Museum · about 1870

Warren and Staff

Warren and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

White House Landing

White House Landing

Getty Museum · 1864

Wilcox [sic] and Staff

Wilcox [sic] and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

Wilcox [sic] Landing

Wilcox [sic] Landing

Getty Museum · 1864

[William Tecumseh] Sherman (1820 - 1891)

[William Tecumseh] Sherman (1820 - 1891)

Getty Museum · about 1862

Wounded at Fredericksburg

Wounded at Fredericksburg

Getty Museum · 1864

[Wounded soldiers under trees, Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg. After the battle of Spotsylvania]

[Wounded soldiers under trees, Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg. After the battle of Spotsylvania]

Getty Museum · 1864

Wright and Staff

Wright and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

[Young girl standing with hand on table]

[Young girl standing with hand on table]

Getty Museum · about 1865