The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-05-26
BRADY, THE ARTIST.
THE RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER or
THE LATE WAR.
The Valuable Professional Work Which
He Performed In the FieId-An Ac-
count of His Photographing
Grant aud Lee.
Washington Cor. Baltimore Herald. !


the Photographer Ills figure and face
are inclined 10 the dist.ngue type. an
iron-gray mustaChe and goatee giving a
Partisan air to the angular features ami a
shining silk hat, Win a mourning band,
lending effect as a ladge of resi ec,l bl.ity.
Mr. Brady is no Ordi8arv e photographer. "
He has big weli-r0uud, q head full of
brains that have been polished by study
and contact with the most renowned men
of the world He has made pictures of
nearly every American who has enjoyed
fame during the last - years. ald with
many of them he has sustained a marked
degree of social intimacy
Brady" was struggling young artist
in New York in 1910 when Morse arrived
in that city with the first daguerreotype
from the old country. Morse had made
the acquaintance of Daguerre in Paris,
and with that masterful genius for inven-
ton for which he never had peer he had
come back TO America TO construct ma
chine that eXcelled the work of the
original inventor Brady was Morse S
first pupil He learned quickly and at
once went into the daguerreOtype bust
ness By degrees his gallery became ia
nous the world over, and to visit New
York without being photographed by
Brady" was for a long time cons idered
in bad form. Subsequently Brady
established branch concern in Washing
ton. and was thus thrown into frequent
association with the great statesmen of
America as well as the European diplo-
mats who were stationed at the national
capital from time to time
During the late war his services as a
photographer were constantly in demand
at the front He took to the field as early
as the first battle of Bull Run Under in.
structions from Gen. Mcclellan he visited
various strategic points and made photo
graphs of them for the benefit of the COM
handing officers. He was actively at
work in Virginia during a great part of
the war-on the Rapidan, James river,
then Rappahannock. In the Shenandoah
valley and along all the historic battle
lines in Virginia. The plans of battles
were always photographed by him, the
commanders of divisions and brigades
being furnished with copies thus simplify
ing the work so that every subordinate Of
ficer could see at glance what was to be
done. 1t is said that more than one bat
tie was won by Union generals through
the aid of these Photographic maps.
Brady's account of his photographing
Grant and Lee was a most interesting part
of his "reminiscences as related in the
course of an interview. Said he: Dur
ing the war l maintained studios here and
in New York Grant had become famous
in the west, but no pictures of him had
appeared except those with SLOUGH hat,
thus hiding half, and the most inter esting
half of the face. l had had some CORES
pondence with him about sending an
artist to take him and his staff when he
was ordered to Washington to take COM
mand in Virginia. For some reason no
Arrangement had been made for
receiving Grant on his arrival here
On inquiving around found
this out, and, knowing when
he would arrive, l went to the depot
with HanscOm and Whitley. As the
train stopped a military man stepped
out on the platform, and Hanscom said
that was Grant But it was Gen. Raw
Inns, who accompanied Grant here. 1 got
into the car and met Grant coming out un-
attended / introduced myself as Brady
the photographer, with whom he had
been in correspondence. lie shook hands
cordially, and said that he remembered
my name / asked him where he was 60
going to stop. He said he did not know.
| suggested the Arlington, and, taking a
carriage, myself and friends preceded
Grant and Rawlins and engaged rooms
for them at that hotel.
Il had a talk with Gen. Grant that aft
ernoon, and he promised to come to my
studio the next day He was to be there
at 2 o'clock, but did not appear at that
hour At 4:30 a carriage rolled up con-
tanning Grant and Stanton. BY that time
the day had far advanced and the light
was bad. generally kept half my SKY
light covered with canvas. To give more
light sent up a man to pull off the can
vas. IS the man.Teached the skylight he
fell on it, crushing several panes, which
came laundering down into the room be
low Huge fragments an inch and
a-half thick rained around Grants
head and missed him by a hairs
breadth. Any one Of the pieces would
have killed him if it had struck him on
top of the head Stanton turned as pale
movable. The only movement | noticed
was the dilating of his nOstrilS Stanton
said: My Cod Brady. say nothing
about this, and don't let it get into the
papers People would think it was a
conspiracy to murder Gen. Grant Of
course, said nothing about it. took a
dozen negatives of Grant and he was
much pleased. Since then have taken
many photographs of him, but of late
years he has disgust for photographers,
and will sit for none of them
4 had a memorable meeting with Lee.
| arrived in Richmond the same day that
Lee got there after his surrender. l
called on him with letter of introduction
from Robert Ould, commissioner for eX-
change Of prisoners. Gen. Lee Teluc-
family consented to be photographed l
placed my camera in the back yard of the
house where Lee was staying. His in
valid wife sat at rear window, and he
walked out in full Uniform OF all the
men | ever saw he was the most magniti-
cent in personal appearance. His head
AID face were perfect in that shapeIiness,
the eye piercing but calm, the shoulders
broad, and the body sufficiently tapering
to look. Physically he was the best
model l ever saw.
Three of the tinest-iOoking men | ever
photographed were Gems. Worth, Hooker
and Lee, but Lee excel ed them all On
that day his face was ! eXpresSibly sad
Ii was the last time he ever had on his
Confederate uniform \ car afteTward
! visited him at LeAing'oa. VII re he was
president of the " ashiH-;on university
The change was painful TO behold. lie
was attired in solemn black brOaCcloth,
and his splendid form seemed to have
shrunk to twO-t thirds lis original size. His
face was piEched and wrinkled and his
eye DIN | said and everybody said that
he WIS dying Of broken heart.
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