Mathew Brady Grave

MATHEW BRADY (1822–1896) is known as the father of photojournalism. His daguerreotypes vividly recorded personalities and scenes of the Civil War. Brady followed the Union Army into the Battle of Bull. The engraving of Abraham Lincoln on the five dollar bill is made from his photographic portrait. The chemicals used in early photography brought on blindness in Brady forcing him to rely on staff to take most images. When the federal government did not buy his photographic plates after the war, Brady was deeply in debt whereupon he moved in with his wife’s family in DC.