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Description: BRADY, MATHEW (1823-1896)
Select group of 6 portraits from Brady's Imperial portrait series, 3 are "from life." Albumen prints, each measuring approximately 16 1/4x9 1/2 inches (41.3x24.1 cm.), and each with the sitter's name, in ink, on original mount recto. Circa late 1850s-60s

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Condition: All items are offered for sale subject to Swann Galleries' standard terms and conditions of sale, which are published in our catalogues.

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Notes: The sitters from life include James Buchanan (negative is cracked), Zach Chandler, and the Prince of Wales. The other portraits feature Henry Clay (after a painted portrait), General Andrew Jackson (after a daguerreotype), John C. Calhoun (after a painted portrait).


Mathew Brady's Portrait of an Era, 43, 53, 70, 97.