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[Henry William Herbert, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to left, with mustache and imperial]

[Henry William Herbert, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to...

Author. Scratched on back of plate: 132. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified woman, about 60 years of age, full-length portrait, facing front, seated beside small table with tablecloth and handbag, wearing white cap]

[Unidentified woman, about 60 years of age, full-length portrait, faci...

Scratched on face of plate: 178. Scratched on back of plate: 80; 90. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Bra... More

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to the left, resting arm on back of chair, wearing plaid coat]

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, head t...

Scratched on back of plate: 39. Written in pencil on back of plate: 39. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew B... More

[Unidentified man, about 25 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait, nearly in profile, the head three-quarters to the left]

[Unidentified man, about 25 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Scratched on back of plate: 16 [canceled]; 284. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

T. i.e. F. Dent. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

T. i.e. F. Dent. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Photograph shows Frederick Fayette Dent (1787-1873), the father of Julia Dent Grant (wife of President Ulysses S. Grant). (Source: researcher M. Higgins, 2018) Title from information on negative sleeve. Credit ... More

J.C. Breckenridge of KY. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

J.C. Breckenridge of KY. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... More

Mrs. Henry Wager Halleck. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Mrs. Henry Wager Halleck. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil Wa...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Wife of General. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. E... More

Stoughton, Hon. E.W. of N.Y. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Stoughton, Hon. E.W. of N.Y. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: this, E.W. Stoughton, N.Y., 30024, 1455 [crossed out], this, 1351, 465 [crossed out]. Credit line: Brady-... More

[Walt Whitman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[Walt Whitman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Photograph by Mathew Brady(?). Saunders, no. 27 Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Distance Avails Not: Walt Whitman at 200", Literary and Historical Manuscripts, at T... More

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in military uniform]

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the le...

General, U.S. Army officer, Commander in chief. Scratched on back of plate: 429. Hallmark: 40 (corner trimmed obscuring hallmark). Identification from a lithograph by Francois d'Avignon, plate 9 in Charles Edwa... More

[Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Democratic Senator from Missouri, 1821-1851. Scratched on face of plate: 85. Scratched on back of plate: 228; Thos. H. Benton. Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, p.... More

[John Van Buren, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

[John Van Buren, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the ...

Democratic Congressman from New York, 1841-1843; son of President Martin Van Buren. Scratched on face of plate: 164. Scratched on back of plate: 7. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms p... More

[John Francis, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

[John Francis, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

Physician; editor of the American Medical and Philosophical Register; first president of the New York Academy of Medicine; historian and author. Scratched on face of plate: 138. Scratched on back of plate: 262.... More

[Junius Booth, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in theatrical costume]

[Junius Booth, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in th...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Horace Greeley, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, seated in chair, wearing tall hat, folded newspaper in lap, carpet on floor]

[Horace Greeley, full-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, se...

Photograph shows Horace Greeley, journalist, publisher of the New York Tribune.

[Unidentified woman, about 30 years of age, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, wearing bonnet]

[Unidentified woman, about 30 years of age, half-length portrait, thre...

Possibly Mrs. Haggerty, sister of Mathew Brady (Source: National Portrait Gallery website, 2012). Scratched on back of plate: 64 [cancelled]; 87. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms par... More

Preparing the mess. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Preparing the mess. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Stereograph showing four Union soldiers preparing the camp meal on a makeshift table. Photograph attributed to Mathew Brady according to: The world of Mathew Brady : portraits of the Civil War period by Roy Mer... More

[Unidentified man, about 35 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, head three-quarters to the right, wearing striped waistcoat]

[Unidentified man, about 35 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Alternative identification: Dr. John Warren Hinckley. Scratched on back of plate: 192. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produ... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

Scratched on back of plate: 301. Hallmark: Rinhart 31a. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified woman, about 40 years of age, three-quarter length portrait, body to right, facing front, seated in upholstered chair, hands in lap]

[Unidentified woman, about 40 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on face of plate: 141. Scratched on back of plate: 98; 190. Corners trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produ... More

[Phoebe Cary, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarters to the right]

[Phoebe Cary, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarters t...

Poet. Alternative identification: Carpenter (cat. 5). Identification from engraving in LC P&P Biographical File. Scratched on face of plate: 238; Miss Cary. Scratched on back of plate: 287. Transfer; U.S. War C... More

[Rosalie Henriette Bediez Laborde, full-length portrait of a woman, three-quarters to right, standing, in costume with lace apron, holding bouquet]

[Rosalie Henriette Bediez Laborde, full-length portrait of a woman, th...

French opera singer. Identification from woodcut in Ballou's Pictorial, June 25, 1859, page 401. Alternative identifications: Madame Sabonde (cat. 5); Villaume. Scratched on face of plate: 213; Mad. Laborde. Sc... More

[Millard Fillmore, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left] / Brady, N.Y.

[Millard Fillmore, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]...

Similar image in PRES FILE - Fillmore, Millard Photo Three-quarters. NOS 11/96.

Miss Chesney. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Miss Chesney. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actress. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1... More

Nathaniel Hawthorne. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Nathaniel Hawthorne. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War per...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Poet. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954... More

General George H. Thomas, U.S.A, Portrait photo, Library of Congress

General George H. Thomas, U.S.A, Portrait photo, Library of Congress

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, emulsion side: illegible. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pu... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the right, the head in profile, with side whiskers]

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the ...

Alternative identification: Cyrus Field. Scratched on back of plate: 165. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress... More

[George Perkins Marsh, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to right, with spectacles]

[George Perkins Marsh, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to ri...

Scholar; Whig Congressman from Vermont, 1843-1849; U.S. Minister to Turkey and Italy. Identification from painting by George P.A. Healy in possession of Dartmouth College. Scratched on back of plate: 101. Hallm... More

[Jenny Lind, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated]

[Jenny Lind, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, three-quarters ...

Identification based on a lithograph of Lind copyrighted in 1850 by D'avignon from a Brady daguerreotype." Date provided by researcher George Jones, 2007. Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. This daguerreotype h... More

[William McKendree Gwin, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

[William McKendree Gwin, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the r...

Democratic Senator from California, 1850-1855, 1857-1861; Democratic Congressman from Mississippi, 1841-1843. Written on back of plate: 197; Sen. Gwin, Calif. Hallmark: 40?. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (D... More

[Two unidentified women, full-length portraits, seated at table with tablecloth and bouquet]

[Two unidentified women, full-length portraits, seated at table with t...

Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

Rev. Henry Whitney Bellows. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Rev. Henry Whitney Bellows. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil ...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Pastor of 1st Unitarian Church in N.Y.C.; born in Boston 1814. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Hon. Ulysses Mercur of PA - Public domain portrait photograph

Hon. Ulysses Mercur of PA - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Merein[?], Mercur. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photog... More

Brady's incidents of the war. (Fort Richardson Va.) Camp 1st. Conn Artilery [sic], Col. R.O. Tyler

Brady's incidents of the war. (Fort Richardson Va.) Camp 1st. Conn Art...

Photograph shows Union soldiers with cannons in an artillery bunker at Fort Richardson, Arlington, Virginia. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by M.B. Brady, in the Clerks Office of the Dis... More

[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civilian dress, clean shaven]

[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civ...

President of Texas, 1836-1838, 1841-1844; Democratic Senator from Texas, 1846-1859. Scratched on back of plate: 233; Sam Houston, Texas. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Identification from lithograph by Konrad in Huber, ... More

[Unidentified woman, about 20 years of age, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, seated, hands in lap]

[Unidentified woman, about 20 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on back of plate: 42. Possibly the same woman who is depicted in the lower right corner of DAG no. 253 (Source: Owen Blevins 4/2017). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part ... More

[Unidentified woman, about 25 years of age, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the right, seated in chair, wearing plaid dress]

[Unidentified woman, about 25 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on back of plate: 435. Hallmark: [diamond] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Ten unidentified young people, four men and one woman are standing, seated in front are two men and three women, all facing nearly front]

[Ten unidentified young people, four men and one woman are standing, s...

Scratched on back of plate: 253. Corners rounded. The woman in the lower right corner is possibly the same woman who is depicted in DAG no. 042A (Source: Owen Blevins 4/2017). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; ... More

[Unidentified man, about 60 years of age, in Masonic regalia, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, seated at table with tablecloth]

[Unidentified man, about 60 years of age, in Masonic regalia, three-qu...

Written on back of plate: 501(X). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, about 20 years of age, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, seated in chair beside small table with tablecloth, wearing bonnet and black lace gloves; hands in lap, one elbow on table on which there is a folded fan]

[Unidentified woman, about 20 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on face of plate: 167. Scratched on back of plate: 48. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Rufus Blakeman, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, facing front, hands folded in lap]

[Rufus Blakeman, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, fa...

Doctor and president of Fairfield County Medical Association, Greenfield, Connecticut. Identification from reproduction of photograph in New England Medical Monthly, May 1892, opposite page 374. Scratched on fa... More

J.W. Wallack. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

J.W. Wallack. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actor, brother of Lester Wallack. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. ... More

Yorktown, Va., May 1862. A scene during the Civil War

Yorktown, Va., May 1862. A scene during the Civil War

No. B-82. Caption continues: (US Army signal corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-82) after a photographer working under the direction of Mathew B. Brady

[John P. Hale, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[John P. Hale, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Democratic Congressman from New Hampshire, 1843-1845, 1847-1853, 1855-1865; Free Soil candidate for President, 1852.

[A.A. Harwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left, in naval uniform]

[A.A. Harwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left...

Captain, U.S. Navy. Hallmark: Rinhart 4b. Scratched on back of plate: 400. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathe... More

Preparing the mess. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Preparing the mess. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Stereograph showing four Union soldiers preparing the camp meal on a makeshift table. Photograph attributed to Mathew Brady according to: The world of Mathew Brady : portraits of the Civil War period by Roy Mer... More

[Anna Bishop, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, seated in chair]

[Anna Bishop, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, se...

In oval brass mat. Identified by Owen Blevins 8/2014 based on similar daguerreotype of Bishop in the Harvard Theatre Collection. Alternative identification: Jenny Lind. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP... More

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated beside small table with tablecloth]

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seat...

Scratched on back of plate: 336. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, seated]

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left...

Hallmark: J. Rousseau & Co. Penciled on back of plate: Albert G. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

J.W. Wallack. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

J.W. Wallack. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actor who played at Soldiers Home night Lincoln was to be kidnapped by Booth. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints an... More

[Nine views of the Gettysburg battlefield from photographs by Mathew Brady and Army of the Potomac's Twelfth Corps crossing the Rappahannock River in pursuit of Robert E. Lee from a sketch by an officer]

[Nine views of the Gettysburg battlefield from photographs by Mathew B...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Aug. 22, pp. 532-533. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl... More

Susan B. Anthony / Napoleon Sarony ; Alfred S. Campbell.

Susan B. Anthony / Napoleon Sarony ; Alfred S. Campbell.

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Andrew Jackson, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right]

[Andrew Jackson, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right]

President of the United States. Copy daguerreotype. Scratched on face of plate: 151; Andrew Jackson. Scratched on back of plate: 43. Reproduced as frontispiece in the Democratic Review for September 1845 and la... More

[Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, full-length portrait, standing slightly to the left, one hand resting on the back of a chair; studio background showing prominently]

[Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, full-length portrait, standing slightly...

Whig Congressman from Virginia, 1841-1843; Secretary of the Interior, 1850-1853. Scratched on face of plate: 185; Stuart. Scratched on back of plate: 279. Slightly trimmed. Identification from engraving by A.H.... More

[Unidentified man], Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

[Unidentified man], Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Image has deteriorated beyond recognition. Scratched on back of plate: 172. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Math... More

[Unidentified woman, about 65 years of age, three-quarter length portrait, nearly profile to the left, seated in chair by table, hands in lap, wearing cap and light gloves]

[Unidentified woman, about 65 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on back of plate: 215. One corner trimmed. Hallmark: Rinhart 2. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew... More

Sac & Fox. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Sac & Fox. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Indian Chiefs. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Eva... More

Japanese Tommy. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Japanese Tommy. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

African American minstrel performer, aka Thomas Dilward. Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

[Andrew Johnson, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with table and chair]

[Andrew Johnson, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with ta...

Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). LC-BH834-40 (cracked). No print in P&P.

Prince of Wales and suite. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Prince of Wales and suite. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope C...

Photograph shows the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and his entourage at photographer Mathew Brady's New Photographic Studio, Broadway and 10th Street, New York City. Copyright by M.B. Brady. Brady Ste... More

Hon. B. Magoffin of Ky. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Hon. B. Magoffin of Ky. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War ...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 905, B. Magoffin, KY, 1418 [crossed out], 866 [crossed out], 77 [crossed out]. Credit line: Brady-Handy p... More

[William Henry Trescott, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, right hand in coat]

[William Henry Trescott, half-length portrait, standing, facing front,...

In album: Delegates to the International American Conference, Washington, D.C., 1889-90, no. 24.

[William Hickling Prescott, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

[William Hickling Prescott, half-length portrait, three-quarters to th...

Historian, author. Scratched on back of plate: 432. Hallmark: Rinhart 4b. Identification from a lithograph by Francois d'Avignon, plate 8 in Charles Edwards Lester's Gallery of illustrious Americans, 1850, publ... More

[Henry Lawrence Kinney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

[Henry Lawrence Kinney, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the ri...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Amos Kendall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

[Amos Kendall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

Postmaster General of the United States. Scratched on face of plate: 242; Amos Kendall. Scratched on back of plate: 71 (repeated several times); Kendall, Hon. Amos, Postmaster Genl. Transfer; U.S. War College; ... More

[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated]

[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing fron...

Same image as DAG no. 064. Hallmark: [caduceus] Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Forms part of: Brady-Handy collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of C... More

[Walter Jones, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

[Walter Jones, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the le...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

[Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker, half-length portrait, facing slightly...

Texas Ranger. Scratched on face of plate: 94; Capt. Walker. In pencil on back of plate: 199. Identification from mezzotint by A.B. Walter from a daguerreotype by M.P. Simons. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Transfer; U.S... More

[Henry Peters Gray, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to left]

[Henry Peters Gray, half-length portrait, head three-quarters to left]

Artist. Alternative identifications: Washington Irving; Henry Peter Grey. Scratched on back of plate: 41; H.P. Gray. Hallmark: AB. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreo... More

[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, half-length portrait, facing left, with sideburns]

[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...

Scratched on back of plate: 8. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Members of the Cresson and Prichett families, with three seated women in front and two men and a boy in the back, standing in front of a framed picture or mirror]

[Members of the Cresson and Prichett families, with three seated women...

Embossed on velvet lining inside case: W. & F. Langenheim Philadelphia Exchange. Written on seal: Restored by A.R. Phillips, Jr., May 1943. Case: flowers and butterflies. Probably a copy daguerreotype (a latera... More

Mrs. Henry Wager Halleck. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Mrs. Henry Wager Halleck. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil Wa...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Wife of General. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. E... More

Miss A.J. Evans. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Miss A.J. Evans. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actress. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1... More

Horace Greeley. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Horace Greeley. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... More

Thomas Nast, Glass Negative, 1860s, Political Cartoon

Thomas Nast, Glass Negative, 1860s, Political Cartoon

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Thomas Nast (Puck). Cartoonist. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More

Captain John Murray of Co. D, 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment in uniform with saber Brady, Washington

Captain John Murray of Co. D, 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment in u...

Photograph shows identified soldier who was killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on December 13, 1862. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Museum Quality Americ... More

Portrait photo of Prof. John Langston, Howard University

Portrait photo of Prof. John Langston, Howard University

African American educator, diplomat, and legislator. Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. John Mercer Langston was a professor at Howard University starting in 1868 (Source: L. Salisbury, 2016)... More

[Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, right hand under head]

[Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, right hand ...

Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Saunders, no. 45 Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Evans, Mrs. George (Mary Handy) grand niece of Mathew Brady. May 2, 1934

Evans, Mrs. George (Mary Handy) grand niece of Mathew Brady. May 2, 19...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hon. Sempronius Hamilton Boyd. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Hon. Sempronius Hamilton Boyd. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civ...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. M. of C. Missouri; Commanded Lyon Legion Regt. in 1861; Born Tenn. 1828; Major of Springfield, MO, 1875; entered Union Army 1861; Judge of 14th Judicial Cir... More

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civ...

Portrait, full length, facing left. Source unknown. Copy photo by J. Malovich, Trieste. Original glass negative (LC-BH824-4754) made by Andrew Burgess, one of Mathew Brady's operators, on a trip to Mexico City.... More

[Unidentified man], Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

[Unidentified man], Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Walter Restored Jones, half-length portrait, nearly in profile to left]

[Walter Restored Jones, half-length portrait, nearly in profile to lef...

Founder of Atlantic Mutual Marine Insurance Co., of New York City. Alternative identifications: Walter Reston Jones, d. 1855; Walter Jones of Washington; Walter James. Scratched on back of plate: 31; [illegible... More

[Unidentified man, about 70 years of age, half-length portrait, slightly to the right, eyes front]

[Unidentified man, about 70 years of age, half-length portrait, slight...

Scratched on back of plate: 176. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, about 60 years of age, half-length portrait, facing front, eyes to left, wearing plaid cravat and monocle suspended on cord around neck]

[Unidentified man, about 60 years of age, half-length portrait, facing...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Brady photograph of Abraham Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Brady photograph of Abraham Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Meserve no. 85. Copy of photograph. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daniels, Secty. J - Public domain portrait print

Daniels, Secty. J - Public domain portrait print

Three-quarter-length portrait of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels wearing a light-colored suit. Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Date from period when Daniels served as Secretary of t... More

[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civilian dress, clean shaven]

[Sam Houston, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, in civ...

President of Texas, 1836-1838, 1841-1844; Democratic Senator from Texas, 1846-1859. Scratched on back of plate: 233; Sam Houston, Texas. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Identification from lithograph by Konrad in Huber, ... More

[Unidentified man, about 30 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Unidentified man, about 30 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, wearing white lace cap, with hands together]

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left,...

Alternative identification: Mary Woodburn Greeley. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Same sitter as DAG no. 393. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Con... More

Col. F.G. (left) D'Utassy & Brother. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Col. F.G. (left) D'Utassy & Brother. Mathew Brady photograph of Americ...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Daustussey Bros. 39th N.Y. Inf. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More

Capt. Percival Drayton, U.S.N, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Capt. Percival Drayton, U.S.N, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Chief of Staff to Adm. Farragut at Mobile. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; ... More

Outry, M. (French Minister & group). Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Outry, M. (French Minister & group). Mathew Brady photograph of Americ...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 694 [crossed out] M. Outry, French Minister Leg[illegible], 371 [crossed out]; inked on emulsion: 499, 49... More

Robert Lincoln. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Robert Lincoln. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 2005, Robert Lincoln, 1400 [crossed out], 1671 [crossed out]. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collect... More

Lieut. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U.S.A. / Photo by Brady ; Engd. by J.C. Buttre.

Lieut. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U.S.A. / Photo by Brady ; Engd. by J.C...

Philip H. Sheridan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing military uniform. A41499 U.S. Copyright Office.

Hermann von Helmholtz photographed by Brady in September 1893 / TJohnson ; engraved by T. Johnson.

Hermann von Helmholtz photographed by Brady in September 1893 / TJohns...

Print shows Hermann von Helmholtz, half-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing slightly right. Signed "TJohnson" on plate. Photoengraving of engraving by T. Johnson after a photograph by Mathew B. Brady. ... More

[Roger S. Baldwin, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left]

[Roger S. Baldwin, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left...

Whig Senator from Connecticut, 1847-1851; Governor of Connecticut, 1844-1846. Scratched on back of plate: 5; Sen. Baldwin, Con. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotyp... More

[Cassius Marcellus Clay, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

[Cassius Marcellus Clay, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the r...

U.S. Minister to Russia. Scratched on back of plate: Cassius M. Clay. Column in background indicates could possibly be by Southworth and Hawes. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part ... More

[Unidentified man in Middle Eastern costume with arm around boy, full-length portrait]

[Unidentified man in Middle Eastern costume with arm around boy, full-...

Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

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