While most people considered photography to be a science, and photographers merely skilled tradesmen, Mathew Brady used his camera to forge strong ties to the world of art. In the mid-1840s, Brady daguerreotyped many artists, including landscape painter Thomas Cole and portraitist Charles Loring Elliott (who returned the favor by painting Brady in 1857). In 1850, Brady commissioned Francis D'Avignon to make lithographs from twelve of his daguerreotypes, which he published as the Gallery of Illustrious Ameri

Civil War Photographs Home Page Mathew B. Brady Biographical Note Mathew B. Brady July 22, 1861 Mathew Brady arrived in New York City at the age of sixteen. Soon after taking a job as a department store clerk, he started his own small business manufacturing jewelry cases. In his spare time, Brady studied photography under a number of teachers, including Samuel F. B. Morse, the man who had ...

Mathew Brady arrived in New York City at the age of sixteen. Soon after taking a job as a department store clerk, he started his own small business manufacturing jewelry cases. In his spare time, Brady studied photography under a number of teachers, including Samuel F. B. Morse, the man who had recently introduced photography to America. Brady quickly discovered a natural gift. By 1844, he had his own photography studio in New York.

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