Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 [Col. E. D. Baker, in civilian dress]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0055 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: 1861 Pagination: 1 salt print Height: 10.8 cm, Width: 16.9 cm Order a Copy
A salt print of a photographic portrait of Edward D. Baker. With the following note: "Given to me by Father 2/10/1955 in his store room as we examined the negatives together. This is a Brady photograph which had been extensively touched up by a Brady artist, for re-photographing." Edward D. Baker was a senator from Oregon and an old friend of Lincoln's. He helped to raise a regiment and then led it to destruction at Ball's Bluff on 21 October 1861. He was killed in battle and made into a martyr for the nation. This might explain the dramatic touch-up done to this photograph, the deteriorated original appearing in the Photographic History of the Civil War Vol. 1 p. 126.
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