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John Cabell Breckinridge

John Cabell Breckinridge
Artist
Henry Kirke Brown, 25 Feb 1814 - 10 Jul 1886
Sitter
John Cabell Breckinridge, 15 Jan 1821 - 17 May 1875
Date
May 1858
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
Without Base: 53.7 × 37.8 × 22.9 cm (21 1/8 × 14 7/8 × 9")
Topic
John Cabell Breckinridge: Male
John Cabell Breckinridge: Law and Crime\Lawyer
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US
John Cabell Breckinridge: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War
John Cabell Breckinridge: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad executive
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War\Confederate Secretary of War
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Kentucky
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\US Senator\Kentucky
Portrait
Place
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of the Honorable George Tyler) The Corcoran Gallery of Art, one of the country’s first private museums, was established in 1869 to promote art and American genius. In 2014 the Works from the Corcoran Collection were distributed to institutions in Washington, D.C.
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.2019.37
Provenance
George Taylor [1716-1781], 1858-1873; Gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1873; Gift to NPG, 2019.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view