The Sanitary Commission

Artist Mathew B. Brady (American, c. 1823–1896)

Date1864

Period19th century

MediumSalt print mixed with gum

DimensionsImage Size: 9 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches
Mat Size: 22 x 28
Object Size: 17 15/16 x 21 inches

Credit LineGift of the Friends of Art

Object number1987.049

Curatorial DepartmentNorth American Art (pre 1900)

_Place of OriginUnited States

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A Military Officer

Mathew B. Brady

1859

Object number: 1987.044

The Reverend

Mathew B. Brady

1854

Object number: 1987.043

The Fairy Wedding Party

Mathew B. Brady

1863

Object number: 1984.027

Lincoln—Hamlin 1860 Campaign Button

Mathew B. Brady

1860

Object number: 2012.034

Landscape

William Boyd Post

1895-1900

Object number: 1988.015

Faun

William Ordway Underwood

c. 1900

Object number: 1988.017

Portrait

Alvin Langdon Coburn

c. 1904-06

Object number: 1988.016

The Academy Building

A. Mathews

1868

Object number: 1984.045

Peter Sturgis

Charles De Forest Fredericks

1857

Object number: 1987.039

Court House and Montpelier Bank

Anonymous (American)

c. 1859–60

Object number: 2016.372

334 letters; 4 diaries; 2 bound vols.; ambrotype; carte de visite, dating from c. 1856–1910; Phelps' paymaster sidearm—a Colt 1851 Navy (fourth model) 36 caliber pistol, 7.5" octagonal barrel with Colt's single-line New York barrel address, S/N 178652;sheepskin jacket; leather document trunk.

Erastus Hibbard Phelps

19th century

Object number: 2012.010.001–?

Untitled (Seascape)

B. H. Wentworth

Object number: 1992.046