Peter Force, ca. 1858, Salted paper print from glass negative, Image: 34.4 × 27.2 cm (13 9/16 × 10 11/16 in.), Photographs, Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York), Early on, Brady set himself the task of photographing the nation's leading figures: presidents and military men, business leaders and stars of the stage, writers and artists. Each photograph of a man or woman of mark, displayed in the studio's reception room, attracted new clients and bore witness to the skill, art, and social standing of 'Brady of Broadway' as much as it did to the taste and station of the sitter
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Peter Force, ca, 1858, Salted paper print, glass negative, Image, 34.4, 27.2 cm, 13 9/16, 10 11/16, Photographs, Mathew B. Brady, American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896, New York, Early, Brady set, task, photographing, nation, leading figures, presidents, military men, business leaders, stars, stage, writers, artists, photograph, man, woman, mark, displayed, studio, reception room, attracted new clients, bore witness, skill, art, social standing, Brady, Broadway, taste, station, sitter
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