| Contributor |
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896, copyright holder. |
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Barnard & Gibson, copyright holder. |
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McAllister & Brother, distributor. |
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Barnard, George N., 1819-1902, photographer. |
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Brady, Mathew, approximately 1823-1896, photographer. |
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Gibson, James F., 1828- , photographer. |
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E. & H.T. Anthony, publisher. |
| Title |
Brady's Album Gallery. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[New York] : [E & H.T. Anthony] |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1862 |
| Date |
1862 |
| Physical Description |
29 photographs: albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 6 cm (4 x 2.5 in.) (carte de visite format) |
| Description |
Incomplete series of the "Brady Album Gallery" of Civil War views first published in 1862 by New York publishers, E. & H.T.
Anthony. Contains camp scenes, views of historic residences and military fortifications, and group portraits predominately
photographed by unattributed Brady technicians, James F. Gibson and George N. Barnard. Gibson and Barnard hold copyright to
twenty-six of the series. Contains series No. 1, 100, 100 (variant), 289, 302 - photographed by Barnard; No. 355, 360-361,
363-372, 377-380, 382-384, 388 - photographed by Gibson; No. 423-424, 427 - copyrighted and probably photographed by Brady.
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Views include: the incomplete Capitol in Washington, D.C.; General McClellan's 1862 campaign on the Virginia Peninsula including
Union artillery batteries near Yorktown and Union headquarters of Generals McClellan, Scott, and Lafayette; and the inflation
and ascent of the Union reconnaissance air balloon, "Intrepid." Group portraits depict African American Civil War freedom
seekers, Union officers, and Union soldiers.
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| Notes |
Copyrighted by Barnard & Gibson and Mathew Brady. |
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Stamp of Philadelphia distributor, McAllister and Brother, 728 Chestnut Street, pasted on verso of two of the series. |
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Names of the photographers supplied by "Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war from the gallery of Alexander Gardner
(Washington: H. Polkinhorn, 1863)." (Transcription in LCP research file).
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Gift of Jesse G. Haydock, 1981. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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Forms part of Small Civil War Photograph Collection. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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| Subject |
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) |
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African Americans. |
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Batteries (Weaponry) -- Virginia. |
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Forts & fortifications -- Virginia. |
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Fugitive slaves -- Virginia. |
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Military headquarters -- Union -- Virginia. |
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Military officers -- Union -- Virginia. |
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Military reconnaissance -- Union. |
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Free persons -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
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Freedom seekers. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns & battles. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870. |
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Group portraits -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| small Civil War photo collection - Brady cdv's [P.9877.1-29] |
| Accession number |
P.9877 |
