Brady-Handy Photograph Collection
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
museum
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkb:National_Archives gptkb:National_Gallery_of_Art gptkb:New_York_Public_Library gptkb:Getty_Images |
| gptkbp:collectionSize |
over 700 photographs
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| gptkbp:conservationEfforts |
gptkb:Library_of_Congress
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| gptkbp:createdBy |
gptkb:Mathew_Brady
gptkb:Alexander_Gardner |
| gptkbp:exhibits |
gptkb:The_Civil_War_in_America
Mathew_Brady:_Portraits_of_a_Nation The_American_Civil_War:_A_Photographic_History |
| gptkbp:format |
daguerreotype
albumen print tintype |
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
impact on public perception of war
portraits of soldiers documentation of battlefield conditions first large-scale war photography portraits of political leaders |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Brady-Handy Photograph Collection
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| gptkbp:influence |
photojournalism
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| gptkbp:legacy |
influence on documentary filmmaking
preservation of historical memory foundation for modern photojournalism inspiration for future war photographers cultural_impact_on_American_history |
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:medium |
photograph
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| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:The_Civil_War:_A_Photographic_History
The Art of the American Civil War Mathew_Brady:_The_Face_of_History Photography_and_the_American_Civil_War |
| gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman gptkb:George_McClellan |
| gptkbp:style |
documentary photography
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
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| gptkbp:technique |
staged photography
wet plate collodion process composite photography |
| gptkbp:type |
historical documentation
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| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1860s
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