Mathew B. Brady

Mathew B. Brady

American Photographer · 1823–1896

188 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

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

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

Getty Museum · about 1862

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[Abraham Lincoln]

[Abraham Lincoln]

Getty Museum · before October 31, 1861

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Getty Museum · February 1860

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[Abraham] Lincoln [in profile]

[Abraham] Lincoln [in profile]

Getty Museum · 1862–1864

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[Abraham Lincoln seated, in profile]

[Abraham Lincoln seated, in profile]

Getty Museum · about 1862

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[Abraham Lincoln standing with one arm behind his back]

[Abraham Lincoln standing with one arm behind his back]

Getty Museum · about 1864

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Admiral [David Glasgow] Farragut

Admiral [David Glasgow] Farragut

Getty Museum · about 1865

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Aiken House

Aiken House

Getty Museum · 1864

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All the live stock left on Mr. Gill's plantation after the Battle of Gettysburgh.

All the live stock left on Mr. Gill's plantation after the Battle of Gettysburgh.

Getty Museum · 1863

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[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

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A Picturesque View of Belle Plain Landing, James River.

A Picturesque View of Belle Plain Landing, James River.

Getty Museum · about 1862

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Army wagon going to commissary depot, City Point, for supplies

Army wagon going to commissary depot, City Point, for supplies

Getty Museum · 1864–1865

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Baldy Smith and Staff

Baldy Smith and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

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Bejamin Hoid(?)

Bejamin Hoid(?)

Getty Museum · 1861–1865

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Belle Plain [illeg.] Landing

Belle Plain [illeg.] Landing

Getty Museum · 1864

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Bermuda Hundred

Bermuda Hundred

Getty Museum · 1864

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Birney and Staff

Birney and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

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

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

Getty Museum · about 1862

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[Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry and Staff]

[Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry and Staff]

Getty Museum · 1864

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Broadway Landing. Appomattox River

Broadway Landing. Appomattox River

Getty Museum · 1864

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Building a Block House on Company Street, at Ft. Brady, Va.

Building a Block House on Company Street, at Ft. Brady, Va.

Getty Museum · about 1862

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Burial of dead at Fredericksburgh, Va.

Burial of dead at Fredericksburgh, Va.

Getty Museum · about 1861–1865

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Burnside and Staff

Burnside and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

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Butler and Staff

Butler and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

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[Cages Where Enslaved People Were Held]

[Cages Where Enslaved People Were Held]

Getty Museum · 1862

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[Camp Scene with Soldiers of the 22nd New York State Militia, Harper's Ferry, Virginia]

[Camp Scene with Soldiers of the 22nd New York State Militia, Harper's Ferry, Virginia]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1862

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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

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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

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Captain [illeg.] Battery

Captain [illeg.] Battery

Getty Museum · 1864

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Cemetery Gate, Gettysburgh.

Cemetery Gate, Gettysburgh.

Getty Museum · about 1862

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City Point

City Point

Getty Museum · 1864

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[Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry]

[Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1856–58

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

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

Getty Museum · 1862

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Crawford and Staff

Crawford and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

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Dade Monument.

Dade Monument.

Getty Museum · 1862–1864

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Dana, Assistant Secretary of War; taken at Gen. Grant's Head Quarters, Va.

Dana, Assistant Secretary of War; taken at Gen. Grant's Head Quarters, Va.

Getty Museum · about 1862

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Departure of the Mayflower

Departure of the Mayflower

Getty Museum · 1859

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

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

Getty Museum · 1864

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Dutch Gap Canal

Dutch Gap Canal

Getty Museum · 1864

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Edward Everett

Edward Everett

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1858

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[Edwin F. Hatfield, D.D.]

[Edwin F. Hatfield, D.D.]

Getty Museum · 1862–1865

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[Engraving of Abraham Lincoln after a photograph by Mathew B. Brady]

[Engraving of Abraham Lincoln after a photograph by Mathew B. Brady]

Getty Museum · about 1865

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[Execution scene]

[Execution scene]

Getty Museum · 1864

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Flirtation Walk.

Flirtation Walk.

Getty Museum · 1862–1864

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Flirtation Walk.

Flirtation Walk.

Getty Museum · 1862–1864

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Flirtation Walk.

Flirtation Walk.

Getty Museum · 1862–1864

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Fort Brady 1st Connecticut Artillery. Building Winter Quarters

Fort Brady 1st Connecticut Artillery. Building Winter Quarters

Getty Museum · 1864

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Fort Sumner, on the Chickahominy River, Va. This view shows the cannoneers at the guns awaiting the attack...June 28, 1862.

Fort Sumner, on the Chickahominy River, Va. This view shows the cannoneers at the guns awaiting the attack...June 28, 1862.

Getty Museum · June 28, 1862

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[Fort Totten defenses of Washington]

[Fort Totten defenses of Washington]

Getty Museum · about 1862

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[Ft. Runyon Settlers]

[Ft. Runyon Settlers]

Getty Museum · about 1862

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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

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General Ames and Staff

General Ames and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

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General Foster and Staff

General Foster and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

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[General George Thomas]

[General George Thomas]

Getty Museum · about 1865

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General Grant

General Grant

Getty Museum · 1864

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General J. E. Smith and Indians

General J. E. Smith and Indians

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1870s

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General Ledlie and Staff

General Ledlie and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

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General Neil [sic] and Staff

General Neil [sic] and Staff

Getty Museum · 1864

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General Robert E. Lee

General Robert E. Lee

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1865

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

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

Getty Museum · July 19, 1864

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