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Mathew Benjamin Brady
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American photographer (c. 1823 – 1896)
Key facts
- Born
- Mathew B. Brady , c. ( 1822-05-18 ) May 18, 1822, Warren County , New York , U.S.
- Died
- January 15, 1896 (1896-01-15) (aged 73), New York City , New York , U.S.
- Resting place
- Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
- Occupations
- Photographer photojournalist
- Years active
- 1844−1875
- Spouse
- Juliet Handy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1850 ; died 1887 )
- Relatives
- Levin Corbin Handy (nephew by marriage)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Benjamin
- Family name
- Brady
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lake George
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- journalist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Genre
- portrait
- Official website
- www.mathewbrady.com
- Image
- Mathew Brady 1875 cropped.jpg
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- Commons category
- Mathew Brady
- date of death
- 1896-01-15
- date of birth
- 1823-01-01
- place of burial
- Congressional Cemetery
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Commons Creator page
- Mathew Brady
- described at URL
- collectie.nederlandsfotomuseum.nl/fotografen/detail/db9aec24-552a-a0e3-833f-1e8b5d3f16d3
- name in native language
- Mathew Brady
- birth name
- Mathew Brady Brady
- cause of death
- Bright's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Mathew Benjamin Brady, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Mathew B. Brady (c. May 18, 1822 – January 15, 1896) was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the American Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York City in 1844, and went on to photograph U.S. presidents John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Millard Fillmore, Martin Van Buren, and other public figures.
When the Civil War began, Brady's use of a mobile studio and darkroom enabled thousands of vivid battlefield photographs to bring home the reality of war to the public. He also photographed generals and politicians on both sides of the conflict, though most of these were taken by his assistants rather than by Brady himself.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mathew Benjamin Brady” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.