Sherman and His Generals
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.During the Grand Review of the Armies held in Washington, D.C., at the close of the Civil War, Brady scheduled an afternoon portrait session with Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman and his closest staff. All but one of the eight officers arrived promptly at the studio. “At 3 o’clock he had not put in an appearance,” Brady recalled of the missing general, “so we made a negative without him” (see ills.). Later in the day, when the tardy officer presented himself, Brady photographed him alone, reuniting him with his comrades by means of photomontage.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sherman and His Generals
- Artist: Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)
- Artist: George N. Barnard (American, 1819–1902)
- Date: 1865
- Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
- Dimensions: Image: 25.6 x 36 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Frame: 47 x 57.2 cm (18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Courtesy of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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