![]() ![]() It’s not known exactly when or where Brady was born, for example - “around 1823,” the author writes, somewhere near Lake George in northern New York. ![]() It is one of the clear sketches of the elusive photo pioneer that Wilson has been able to nail down in a life that, for the historian, remains filled with unknowns. This moment, which was captured by Brady for posterity, is detailed in a new biography, “Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation,” by Robert Wilson, editor of the American Scholar. Perhaps only Brady could have persuaded Lee to pose for a picture at such a time. ![]() He wore an elegant gray uniform and shined shoes and had a look of dignity and sublime sadness. Lee, commander of the vanquished rebel Army of Northern Virginia. Onto the brick walkway behind the house strode the man renting it, Gen. ![]() Despite that, however, Brady was about to score one of the photographic scoops of his time. And a huge fire had consumed much of the city April 3. The main Confederate army had surrendered the previous Sunday. President Abraham Lincoln had died the day before at the hands of an assassin. It was tense in the former Confederate capital. Brady set up his camera on the basement-level back porch of a house at 707 Franklin St. On Easter Sunday 1865, the renowned Civil War photographer Mathew B. ![]()
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