Porträt des amerikanischen Politikers John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), der von 1825 bis 1829 1861 als sechster Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten tätig war. Fotografie von Mathew Brady (1823 - 1896)
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Notes: Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1862 by M.B. Brady in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New York. Mathew B. Brady (May 18, 1822 – January 15, 1896) was one of the earliest photographers in American history, best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York in 1844, and photographed Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and Abraham Lincoln, among other celebrities. When the Civil War started, his use of a mobile studio and darkroom enabled vivid battlefield photographs that brought home the reality of war to the public. Thousands of war scenes were captured, as well as portraits of generals and politicians on both sides of the conflict, though most of these were taken by his assistants, rather than by Brady himself. After the war, these pictures went out of fashion, and the government did not purchase the master-copies as he had anticipated. Brady's fortunes declined sharply, and he died in debt. (source: Wikipedia)
