Artist Monograph

Mathew B. Brady (studio of), American

American, 1823–1896

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	41	69.5%
Printmaking	16	27.1%
Other Media	1	1.7%
Collage	1	1.7%

Production by Decade

1830s

1850s

1860s

1870s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	48	85.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	14.3%

Range: 7.4 cm → 50.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1938	1
1941	1
1942	40
1959	1
1964	1
1965	3
1967	1
1969	6
1983	2
1988	1
1989	1
1991	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 59 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Red Lion, Indian Photograph Acc. 250.1942	1838-96	Gelatin silver print	2 15/16 × 2 3/16" (7.4 × 5.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Hon. Owen Lovejoy Photograph Acc. 244.1942	c. 1850	Gelatin silver print	4 3/4 × 3 11/16" (12.1 × 9.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Hon. Myer Strouse Photograph Acc. 252.1942	1855-70	Gelatin silver print	3 11/16 × 2 1/2" (9.3 × 6.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Christy's Japanese Tommy Photograph Acc. 254.1942	c. 1860	Gelatin silver print	3 3/8 × 2 3/8" (8.5 × 6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Ernestine Souvenir Photograph Acc. 418.1988	1860-69	Collage of albumen silver prints	irregular 11 13/16 × 6 7/8" (30 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Hon. Austin A. King Photograph Acc. 240.1942	c. 1860	Gelatin silver print	7 1/4 × 4 1/2" (18.4 × 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Joseph Camp Griffith Kennedy, Statistician, Superintendent, 8th Census, 1860 Photograph Acc. 676.1983	1860	Salted paper print from a glass negative (copy of a daguerreotype)	6 3/4 × 5 3/16" (17.3 × 13.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller
Miss Edwards in Front of Indian Rock, Lookout Mountain Photograph Acc. 267.1942	1860-65	Gelatin silver print	6 5/16 × 9 3/4" (16 × 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Nathaniel Hawthorne Photograph Acc. 237.1942	c. 1860	Gelatin silver print	3 1/4 × 2 5/16" (8.3 × 5.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Transport Steamer "Bridgeport" Photograph Acc. 265.1942	c. 1860	Gelatin silver print	5 3/8 × 9 5/8" (13.6 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Untitled Photograph Acc. 522.1967	c. 1860	Ambrotype	7 1/4 × 5 15/16" (18.4 × 15.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 49.1964	1860-70	Gelatin silver print	19 3/4 × 15 11/16" (50.2 × 39.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the courtesy of an anonymous donor
Walt Whitman Photograph Acc. 253.1942	c. 1860	Gelatin silver print	8 1/8 × 6" (20.6 × 15.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
William E. Morris Photograph Acc. 246.1942	1860-65	Gelatin silver print	3 1/2 × 2 11/16" (8.9 × 6.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Abraham Lincoln, President Photograph Acc. 243.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	3 1/4 × 2 3/8" (8.3 × 6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Admiral Samuel F. Dupont Photograph Acc. 232.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	3 7/16 × 2 1/4" (8.7 × 5.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Bishop Kain Photograph Acc. 239.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	6 1/4 × 4 1/2" (15.9 × 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Deserted Camp, Wounded Zouave Soldier Photograph Acc. 255.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	5 11/16 × 8 1/8" (14.5 × 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Edwin Forrest Photograph Acc. 38.1991	1861	Salted paper print by Chicago Albumen Works from a wet-collodion glass negative, printed 1990	20 × 16 15/16" (50.8 × 43.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Lily Auchincloss
Encampment Photograph Acc. 256.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	4 1/2 × 8 11/16" (11.4 × 22 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Father Boyle Photograph Acc. 229.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	6 × 4 11/16" (15.2 × 11.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
General David B. Birney Photograph Acc. 228.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	5 1/2 × 7" (14 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
General George A. Custer Photograph Acc. 230.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	7 5/8 × 5 11/16" (19.4 × 14.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
General George A. Custer and Wife Photograph Acc. 231.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	3 7/16 × 2 5/16" (8.8 × 5.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
General James H. Lane and Lady Photograph Acc. 241.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. Photograph Acc. 242.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	9 × 5 3/4" (22.9 × 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
General Thomas J. Jackson Photograph Acc. 238.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 5 1/2" (19 × 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
General Ulysses S. Grant Photograph Acc. 234.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1940	6 1/2 × 5" (16.5 × 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
General Ulysses S. Grant at Cold Harbor, VA Photograph Acc. 235.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
General Willis A. Gorman and Wife Photograph Acc. 233.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	3 7/16 × 2 3/8" (8.7 × 6.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Gunboat, "Mendota" Photograph Acc. 257.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 9 13/16" (18.7 × 25 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Horace Greeley Photograph Acc. 236.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	5 1/2 × 3 15/16" (13.9 × 10.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Hospital Grounds Photograph Acc. 258.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	6 × 7 13/16" (15.2 × 19.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Inside the Confederate Lines Photograph Acc. 259.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	5 5/8 × 9" (14.3 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
John Burns' Cottage at Gettysburg Photograph Acc. 260.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	5 1/2 × 8 15/16" (13.9 × 22.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Landing on James River Photograph Acc. 261.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	4 15/16 × 8 1/16" (12.6 × 20.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Landing Supplies on James River Photograph Acc. 262.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	5 15/16 × 8 1/16" (15.1 × 20.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Mrs. O'Malley Photograph Acc. 248.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	6 9/16 × 5 1/8" (16.6 × 13 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Quartermaster's Headquarters Photograph Acc. 263.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	5 5/8 × 8" (14.3 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Ruins of Mrs. Henry's House, Bull Run Photograph Acc. 1203.1969	1861	Albumen silver print	7 1/8 × 8 1/2" (18.1 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Stairway, Richmond, Virginia Photograph Acc. 264.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	4 1/16 × 4 1/4" (10.3 × 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Two Hundred Pound Gun Photograph Acc. 266.1942	1861-65	Gelatin silver print	4 13/16 × 8" (12.3 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
President Lincoln Photograph Acc. 339.1989	c. 1862	Albumen silver print	3 5/16 × 2 1/16" (8.5 × 5.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
White Oak Swamp, Virginia Photograph Acc. 1202.1969	1862	Albumen silver print	7 1/8 × 8 7/8" (18.1 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Ruins of Richmond Photograph Acc. 373.1938	1863-65	Collodion silver print	6 1/2 × 8 1/4" (16.5 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Ambulance Photograph Acc. 1204.1969	July 5, 1865	Albumen silver print	7 1/4 × 9 1/4" (18.4 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Earl DeGray Ripon Photograph Acc. 490.1965	c. 1865	Albumen silver print	17 1/16 × 14 3/16" (43.3 × 36.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Hon . William H. Seward Photograph Acc. 251.1942	c. 1865	Gelatin silver print	7 1/4 × 5 1/4" (18.4 × 13.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Major MacRintery Photograph Acc. 335.1983	c. 1865	Albumen silver print from a paper negative	8 5/16 × 6 5/16" (21.1 × 16.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	By Exchange
Professor Mailefort and Officers Photograph Acc. 245.1942	1865	Gelatin silver print	7 3/4 × 5 7/8" (19.7 × 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Ruins of Richmond Photograph Acc. 1200.1969	1865	Albumen silver print	7 1/8 × 8 7/8" (18.1 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Ruins of Richmond Photograph Acc. 1201.1969	1865	Albumen silver print	7 1/8 × 8 7/8" (18.1 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad Bridge, Richmond, Virginia Photograph Acc. 381.1941	April 1865	Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative	6 1/2 × 8 1/2" (16.5 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Ruins of the Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond, Virginia Photograph Acc. 1199.1969	1865	Albumen silver print	7 1/8 × 8 13/16" (18.1 × 22.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Samuel Nelson Photograph Acc. 99.1959	c. 1865	Albumen silver print	17 3/8 × 14 3/4" (44.1 × 37.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
William Aiken and Group Photograph Acc. 227.1942	1865-87	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
John Lothrop Motley Photograph Acc. 247.1942	c. 1870	Gelatin silver print	6 3/4 × 5 3/16" (17.1 × 13.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Mountague Bernard Photograph Acc. 489.1965	c. 1870	Albumen silver print	16 1/2 × 14 13/16" (41.9 × 37.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Portrait of Robert Schenck Photograph Acc. 491.1965	1871	Albumen silver print	17 15/16 × 14 11/16" (45.6 × 37.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift