Maj. Gen. Burnside and Brady the Artist, Head Quarters Army of the Potomac, Near Richmond, Virginia

Artist Mathew B. Brady (American, 1823 - 1896)

Date1863

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/8 × 6 1/4 inches (7.94 × 15.88 cm)
Mount: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 inches (8.73 × 17.62 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.236

SignedOn mount verso, center, blue label, in black type: "PUBLISHED BY E. & H.T. ANTHONY & CO., / AMERICAN AND FOREIGN STEREOSCOPIC EMPORIUM, 501 BROADWAY, NEW-YORK. / Negative by BRADY & CO., Washington".

InscribedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "THE WAR FOR THE UNION"; On mount recto, right edge, in black type: "PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY."; On mount verso, center, blue label, in black type: "WAR VIEWS. / Maj. Gen. Burnside and Brady the artist, Head Quarters army of the Potomac, / near Richmond, Va. / No. 2433.".

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DescriptionImage of four figures wearing suits and hats seated around one other; one is holding a newspaper. Tents are set up behind them.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Developing Greatness: The Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – December 30, 2007, no. 320.

Rotation 20. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 8, 2015 – February 28, 2016, no cat.

Published References

Keith F. Davis, The Origins of American Photography: from Daguerreotype to Dry-Plate, 1839-1885. With contributions by Jane L. Aspinwall. Kansas City, MO: Hall Family Foundation: in association with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2007. Distributed by Yale University Press. Published in conjunction with Developing Greatness: the Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885, shown at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 179 (repro.), 333.

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