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John Pendleton Kennedy

Artist: Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896
Sitter: John Pendleton Kennedy, 25 Oct 1795 - 18 Aug 1870

Date: c. 1860

Type: Photograph

Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Image/Sheet: 9 × 5.8 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/16"); Mount: 10.2 × 6.5 cm (4 × 2 9/16")

Topic: Interior; Costume\Headgear\Hat; Artist's Effects; Costume\Dress Accessory\Glove\Gloves; Equipment\Walking stick\Cane; Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie; Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache; Interior\Studio; Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard; Photographic format\Carte-de-visite; 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

Place: United States\New York\Kings\New York

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Margaret Garber Blue

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: S/NPG.78.212

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery