{"id":50,"date":"2020-04-29T09:26:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T13:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-3570-spring-2020\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2020-05-06T18:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T22:00:58","slug":"mathew-brady-gallery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-3570-spring-2020\/gallery-bios\/mathew-brady-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathew Brady Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Active Dates: <\/b>1844-1894 (?)<\/span><\/p>\n

Gallerist: <\/b>Mathew Brady (1822\u20131896)<\/span><\/p>\n

Location:<\/b>1<\/a><\/sup>All locations and dates from \u201cGuide to the Mathew B. Brady Studio Portrait Photography Collection 1856-1869.\u201d New York Historical Society Museum and Library. New York. 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

1844-1858:<\/span> 205 Broadway at Fulton Street<\/span><\/p>\n

1853-1860: 359 Broadway between White and Franklin Streets\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1859-1860: 643 Broadway at Bleecker Street\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1860- 1894 (?): 785 Broadway at Tenth Street (opened in 1860)<\/span><\/p>\n

Specialty: <\/b>The studio exhibited photographs, primarily portraits of American and European celebrities, and photographs taken during the American Civil War, including his own work.2<\/a><\/sup>Ann Shumard. \u201cAntebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady.\u201d National Portrait Gallery: Smithsonian Institution. Washington DC.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0His gallery spaces also acted as studio spaces and remained the province of daily studio sittings.3<\/a><\/sup>\u201cMathew Brady.\u201d National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Washington DC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gallery History<\/b><\/p>\n

Mathew Brady is most celebrated for his documentary photographs of the American Civil War.4<\/a><\/sup>Shumard.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0In 1844 he opened his first studio and gallery space in New York. Located at 205 Broadway and Fulton Street, this location was also referred to as the <\/span>Daguerrian [sic] Miniature Gallery.<\/span><\/i> It was the first commercial location to sell daguerreotypes (the first form of practical photography) and included a collection of Brady\u2019s own work.5<\/a><\/sup>Shumard.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brady\u2019s brand expanded in 1853, when he opened his second studio down the street. New York\u2019s <\/span>Illustrated News <\/span><\/i>advertised this new appointed gallery in June of 1853, stating that the space\u2019s exhibition of Brady\u2019s \u201clarge collection of daguerreotypes of imminent characters\u201d was \u201cwell worth a visit from all who desire to witness American and European celebrities.\u201d This collection included photographs from the US and abroad.6<\/a><\/sup>Shumard.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Shortly after, Brady opened his third studio space at 643 Broadway and Bleecker which expanded beyond daguerreotypes and exhibited Brady\u2019s new work, ambrotypes: \u201cnegative images on glass that appear positive when viewed against a dark background.\u201d7<\/a><\/sup>Shumard.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0This new work soon exceeded the daguerreotype in popularity, and Brady was experimented further with this new medium. Ambrotypes became a focal point of his advertising, as it was a more durable and acceptable method of portraiture.8<\/a><\/sup>Shumard.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brady\u2019s three studios convened in 1860 at 785 Broadway and Tenth Street. He named this studio the <\/span>National Portrait Gallery<\/span><\/i>. In 1861, Brady, alongside a team of artists and photographs of Brady\u2019s studio, left New York to photograph the American Civil War.9<\/a><\/sup>\u201cGuide to the Mathew B. Brady Studio Portrait Photography Collection 1856-1869.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u201cThe Dead of Antietam,\u201d an exhibition showcasing these works, and the \u201cfirst time the bodies of contemporary dead soldiers were seen by the general public,\u201d opened in 1862. This exhibition was the most significant show in this space.10<\/a><\/sup>Julie L. Mellby. \u201cBrady\u2019s National Portrait Gallery.\u201d Princeton University. 2009.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0This exhibition included portraits of Abraham Lincoln, and Union general Ulysses Grant. Photographs of the war were taken by Mathew Brady; Chas. Paxson, and W. Kurtz (owner of Kurtz Gallery) among others.11<\/a><\/sup>Melby.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brady also opened and operated gallery spaces and studios in Washington DC. In 1858, he opened the National Photographic Art Gallery at 350-352 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. The studio was managed by Alexander Gardner, while Brady remained in New York.12<\/a><\/sup>\u201cMathew Brady\u2019s World: A Biographical Timeline.\u201d The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0This location exhibited photographs of the Civil War and Brady\u2019s portraits of famous patrons of the era. This gallery closed in 1881.13<\/a><\/sup>Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator. Mathew B. Brady Studio, 625 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Illustrations<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Brady’s New Daguerreotype Saloon, New York. 1853. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Unidentified Artist, Mathew B. Brady, 1823 – 15 Jan 1896. Mathew Brady Studio. C. 1861. Photograph, Albumen silver print. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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M.B. Brady at the World’s Fair in London \u00a0(left).\u00a0 c. 1853. National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution \/ Brady’s Daguerreotypes (right). 1854. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of George S. Whiteley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mathew Brady President Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan. October 3, 1862, after the Battle of Antietam and the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation. Via Ohio Memory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Brady, Mathew B.. Frederick W. Lander (left). c. 1857. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Purchase Funded by the Photography Acquisitions Endowment Established by the Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz Memorial Foundation \/ Brady, Mathew B. John Pelham (right). 1858. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Date Written: <\/b>April 18, 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Contributors: <\/b>AB<\/span><\/p>\n

Mathew Brady Gallery Bio PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Primary Sources<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cGuide to the Mathew B. Brady Studio Portrait Photography <\/span>Collection 1856-1869.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

New York Historical Society Museum and Library<\/span><\/i>. New York. 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator. <\/span>Mathew B. Brady Studio, 625\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC. <\/span><\/i>Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMathew Brady.\u201d <\/span>National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution<\/span><\/i>. Washington DC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Mathew Brady\u2019s World: A Biographical Timeline.\u201d <\/span>The National Portrait Gallery,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Smithsonian Institution.<\/span><\/i> Washington, DC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mellby, Julie L.. \u201cBrady\u2019s National Portrait Gallery.\u201d <\/span>Princeton University. <\/span><\/i>2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peeler, David P. \u201cReview: Mathew Brady\u2019s Portraits: Images as History, Photography\u00a0<\/span>as Art.\u201d <\/span>The Journal of American History.<\/span><\/i>Vol. 85, No. 1.<\/span> Oxford University Press. Jun., 1998. Pp. 170-173.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shumard, Ann. \u201cAntebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady.\u201d <\/span>National Portrait Gallery,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Smithsonian Institution<\/span><\/i>. Washington DC. <\/span>https:\/\/npg.si.edu\/exhibition\/antebellum-portraits-mathew-brady<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Secondary Sources<\/b><\/p>\n

Brady’s New Daguerreotype Saloon, <\/span><\/i>New York. 1853. National Portrait Gallery,\u00a0<\/span>Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brady’s Daguerreotypes<\/span><\/i> (right). 1854. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian <\/span>Institution. Gift of George S. Whiteley.<\/span><\/p>\n

M.B. Brady at the World’s Fair in London<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0 c. 1853. National Portrait Gallery\u00a0<\/span>Smithsonian Institution.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brady, Mathew B.. <\/span>Frederick W. Lander<\/span><\/i>. c. 1857. National Portrait Gallery,\u00a0<\/span>Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Purchase Funded by the Photography Acquisitions Endowment Established by the Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz Memorial Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brady, Mathew B. <\/span>John Pelham<\/span><\/i> (right). 1858. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian\u00a0<\/span>Institution, Washington DC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unidentified Artist,<\/span> Mathew B. Brady, 1823? – 15 Jan 1896<\/span><\/i>. Mathew Brady Studio. C. 1861. <\/span>Photograph, Albumen silver print. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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