Mathew Brady : historian with a camera /
A decade or so after photography was first demonstrated, Mathew Brady was an eminent photographer in America, establishing a gallery/studio in New York City and being much sought-after by the celebrated and unknowns alike for his fine work. The first half of this book is a brief biography, detailing...
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New York :
Crown Publishers,
[1955]
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Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations in the text
- An author's report on his search into the life of Mathew B. Brady
- Part 1. Brady of Broadway. The birth of photography ; Albert's fair ; The infant becomes a giant ; Photographer to a railsplitter and a prince
- Part 2. The war years. Brady goes to war ; Battles and business as usual ; The crisis and the camera
- Part 3. The postwar years. Aftermath ; The years of the bloody shirt ; The camera under Western skies ; The last years ; The accepted photographer
- A picture album.