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Elisha Kent Kane

Elisha Kent Kane
Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Elisha Kent Kane, 3 Feb 1820 - 16 Feb 1857
Date
c. 1855
Type
Photograph
Medium
Sixth-plate ambrotype
Dimensions
Image: 7.6 x 6.6cm (3 x 2 5/8")(sight)
Case Open: 9.4 x 16.2 x 0.9cm (3 11/16 x 6 3/8 x 3/8")
Case Closed: 9.4 x 8.1 x 1.8cm (3 11/16 x 3 3/16 x 11/16")
Topic
Cased object
Elisha Kent Kane: Male
Elisha Kent Kane: Medicine and Health\Physician\Surgeon
Elisha Kent Kane: Natural Resource Occupations\Explorer\Arctic
Elisha Kent Kane: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.2005.38
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view