Artilleryist group - Mathew Brady seated on left

Photograph shows group portrait of artists who participated in the art exhibition at the Metropolitan Fair in New York City, 1864, held to support the United States Sanitary Commission, "for the relief of the sick and wounded of the National Army." Brady is seated at left.
Title from inscription on item mount.
Date from Brady's publication Recollections of the Art Exhibition, Metropolitan Fair, New York, 1864, which includes a catalog of works shown, photos of the exhibition, and a related group portrait on page 23.
Recollections of the Art Exhibition, Metropolitan Fair, New York, 1864. Worthington Whittredge papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
LC-BH8277-41 negative cracked.