The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-26
Fine Arts.


The place in town best worth visiting just now Is
Brady's gallery. There ouc has opportunity of wit
Messing the exciting incidents Of the campaign with
out the fear Of stray bullet or tho equally uncomfortable
eusatiou Of ranic The only reliable records ofc
TO be found al Braiys. On otEcr dcpenlaice
lie placed The correspondents Of the rebel newspapers
lie, the correspondents Of the Northern journals
lie, tho correspondents Of the English press
lie than either; but Brady lies
lie is to the campaigns cf the republic wlla
Vandermculen was to the Of Louis Qnatorzc. HIS
pictures though perhaps not as lasting as the batte
pieces The pyramids, will no. the less mmorialize
those introduced in them.
It will be asked how these shifting Of strife ard
carnage "iixod' by the photographer. Nothing
simple. Brady possesses in superabundanco tn
quality which officers stood much in need of a.
Eull run-plrck Ho the fight, exactly Ike
he ninth stripped the pants but with his sleeves
tucked up and his big directed upon every point
OF interest on the field Some pretend, indeed that it
This mysterious and formidable looking INSTRUMENT thai
produced the panic. The runaways, it is said, mistook II
for the great steam gun dschargng SEQ ball minute
and ncentuenty took their heels when they got within
its focus However this may be- it is certain that they
lid get away from Brady easily they did from
The enemy lie has fixed the towards beyond the posi-
bity Of doubt.
who ran away at Blll Run, lie had better 60
10 Brady's. Prominent among the iugtiyes he VIII
recognise portrait not unfamiliar to hinsef
in the LOOKING glass. Patterson, we regret to say
is not there but Patterson was nowhere and Of course,
Brady could not catch him.
Eadna2e apart this collection The most curious and
Interesting that has as yet been exhibited The groupings
Of entire regiments and divisions, within space OF
couple Of feet square, present OF the most cuiios
effects yet produced in photography. Considering TIE
circumstances under which they were taken, amidst
the excitement, the rapid movements and the sn &c Of
the battle field, have nothing TO compare with
them in their powerful contrasts CT ligt and shade.
Among the We've which have historical in,eres
apart from the present Fairfax Court Hose,
whore Washington presided county magistrate, ana
Arlington House. the Of General lee, aud the Old
omesead of the Gusts family The following are among
the most interesting OF the groups and porra;s-Gen
Mcclellan and saTthc most perfect likeness ofhe young
commander Of the army Of the Potomac that has yctbcen
TAKEN Gen. Mcdowell and staff the steps OF Arlington
House; Gen. HentZclman and staff their head1rarrrs
in Alexandria,; General Burnside and stat, Of the Fics'
Rhode Island regiment MAJOR General SANFORD and si0
General Benker and staff Colonel Corcoran and staff,
Sixty ninth regments-aien in the act OF sighting gun
Arlington Heights Colonel Wood and STAFF Foarecn,h
Brooklyn regiment Colonel Hobart Warfand STAFF Scott
Life Guard; Colonel Hawkins and staff, New York
Zouaves; Colonel d'Utassy and staff, Ga5atd Guard.
Among the single portraits likenosses Of Generals
Fremont Butler Banks Dix and Hardee of the Con.ed.
crate army the late Colonel siocum &C, &c.
Of the larger groups the most effective the army
passing through Fairfax village the battery OF the First
Rhode Island regiment at Camp Sproguc; the Scvcaty
first regiment formed in hollow square the Navy Yard
the Eighth regiment at Camp Mcdowell the Engineer
corps Of tho New York Twelfth at Camp Anderson
Zouaves the lookout from the bery OF Fairfax Court
House, &c &c.
These views only constitute fractional portion Of the
number of which the collection VIII be composed when
complete. 1t is Mr. Brady's intention to follow up
operations Of the army until be leaves DO incident o ibe
.hout its graphic representation.