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MATTHEW BRADY
born: may 18 1822
education: National Academy of Design
events during lifetime: The Civil War
studied under Samuel F.B. Morse
Brady went into debt
Brady became William Page's student at age 16
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the style is very simple and sophisticated
first introduced at age 16 discovered from Samuel F.B. Morse and William Page
Brady was one of Morse's first students after developing daguerreotype- a photographic process
Brady's work is still portraits that had to be exposed for long periods of time like daguerreotype
Brady had a small contribution to developing daguerreotype
he also worked on ambrotype photography
Brady associated with Samuel F.B Morse and William Page
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