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Philip Kearney

Philip Kearney

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde
Brady's New Daguerreotype Saloon, New York

Brady's New Daguerreotype Saloon, New York

Unidentified Artist
Print
published June 11, 1853
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Envelope addressed to Mr. L.C. Handy from Eliza Hardy

Envelope addressed to Mr. L.C. Handy from Eliza Hardy

Document
January 21, 1896
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Claire Kaland
Thomas Andrews Hendricks

Thomas Andrews Hendricks

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1876
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. Drapkin
Samuel Peter Heintzelman

Samuel Peter Heintzelman

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde
John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren

John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1945
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. John Vinton Dahlgren, Woodbine, Maryland
Frederick West Lander

Frederick West Lander

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1857
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; purchase funded by the photography acquisitions endowment established by the Joseph L. and Emily K. Gidwitz Memorial Foundation
Letter addressed to

Letter addressed to "Dear Cousin" from Emma J. McCabe

Document
November 5, 1893
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Claire Kaland
Thomas Francis Meagher

Thomas Francis Meagher

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1861
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. F.B. Wilde
William Branford Shubrick

William Branford Shubrick

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

James Buchanan

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
mid 19th century
Owner: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
Letter to L.C. Handy from William M. Riley

Letter to L.C. Handy from William M. Riley

Document
November 23, 1895
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Claire Kaland
The Japanese Embassy and their Attendants

The Japanese Embassy and their Attendants

Unidentified Artist
Print
1860
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

James Duncan

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
December 1848
Owner: Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University
Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1877
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Joseph Hooker

Joseph Hooker

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
1862
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Elisha Kent Kane

Elisha Kent Kane

C. Kuhn
Print
1857
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Thomas Andrews Hendricks

Thomas Andrews Hendricks

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
c. 1868
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. Drapkin
M. B. Brady at the World's Fair in London

M. B. Brady at the World's Fair in London

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1853
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Letter addressed to

Letter addressed to "Dear Nephew" (L.C. Handy) from Mathew Brady

Document
April 30, 1895
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Claire Kaland

John Quincy Adams

Mathew B. Brady
Painting
1853
Owner: Mr. J. Delafield Du Bois
Lewis Cass

Lewis Cass

Francis D'Avignon
Print
1850
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Henry Clay

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
1846-48
Owner: New-York Historical Society
George Henry Thomas

George Henry Thomas

Mathew B. Brady
Photograph
1853
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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