World history and culture: “Meade Brothers: Pioneers in American Photography” Exhibition in Washington

2 May 2013
Source: The Smithsonian Institution

June 14, 2013, in the Nation Portrait Gallery (Washington, USA) will open “Meade Brothers: Pioneers in American Photography” Exhibition.

Brothers Charles R. Meade and Henry W. M. Meade, along with such contemporaries as Mathew Brady and Southworth and Hawes, are recognized as leading members of the first generation of American studio photographers.

Learn about their lives and careers through their daguerreotypes, including several of Louis Daguerre and Sam Houston.