The Crack Team of the 1st Division, 6th Corps near Hazel River, Virginia
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.65.245
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the gritty reality of the American Civil War with *The Crack Team of the 1st Division, 6th near Hazel River, Virginia a poignant albumen silver print captured 1861 and 1865 by pioneering photographers Mathew B. Brady and Timothy. O'Sullivan. This-negative image, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art thanks to the Harris Brisbane Dick of 1933, freezes a moment of Union Army life amid the Virginia countryside, showcasing soldiers, horses, and wagons in what was likely a vital supply or reconnaissance unit—the "crack team" suggesting elite efficiency. Produced using the era's wet-c...
About the Artist
Mathew B. Brady|Timothy H. O'Sullivan · 1823–1896
Mathew B. Brady (c. 1823–1896) was an American photographer who became the most famous photographer of the Civil War era and one of the founding figures of American photographic history. Born in Warren County, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, he learned the daguerreotype process from Samuel F.B. Morse and William Page and opened his first portrait studio in New York City in 1844. Brady quick...