On View
Not on viewObject number1961/2.155
Untitled
Artist
Mathew B. Brady
(American, 1823-1896)
Date1865-1896
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionsmount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
image (flush): 13 in. × 15 15/16 in. (33 × 40.5 cm)
image (flush): 13 in. × 15 15/16 in. (33 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ansco Corporation, Binghamton, N.Y.
Exhibition HistoryUnknown exhibition, KIA (1962), Battle Creek Art Center (May, 1963).
"Framing Moments: Photography from KIA's Permanent Collection," KIA (Feb. 6 - May 16, 2021)Label TextFrom the first, I regarded myself as under obligation to my country to preserve the faces of its historic men and mothers.
Matthew Brady
Matthew Brady wrote that “the camera is the eye of history” and he is most known for his photographic coverage of the Civil War. This studio portrait illustrates the joy of being photographed and the important role photography played in American cultural history. Considered the father of American photography, he made photographs of American presidents including John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William McKinley, celebrities of the time, families; and made countless portraits of politicians, actors, authors, clergymen,
and generals.
This photograph is a part of a collection of images enlarged from the original Brady plates by Ansco Corporation, which was the predecessor of Edward Anthony Company. Brady purchased many of the materials used in his photographs from the Edward Anthony Company. Along with
the plates, Ansco also acquired Brady’s records stating that all the photographs from this collection were created in Brady’s National Photograph Gallery in Washington after 1865.
[Framing Moments Exhibition, 2021]
