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Artist
William Shew, 1820 - 1903
Sitter
John Pendleton Kennedy, 25 Oct 1795 - 18 Aug 1870
Date
1846
Type
Photograph
Medium
Sixth-plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
Image/Sight: 6.7 × 5.4 cm (2 5/8 × 2 1/8")
Mat (brass): 8.2 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4")
Case open: 9.4 × 16.2 × 1.2 cm (3 11/16 × 6 3/8 × 1/2")
Case closed: 9.4 × 8.2 × 1.8 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 11/16")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Costume\Dress Accessory\Button
Cased object
John Pendleton Kennedy: Male
John Pendleton Kennedy: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Secretary of the Navy
John Pendleton Kennedy: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\University administrator\University trustee
John Pendleton Kennedy: Literature\Writer\Novelist
John Pendleton Kennedy: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Maryland
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Margaret Garber Blue
