Elisha Kent Kane
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Object Details
- Artist
- Thomas Hicks, 18 Oct 1823 - 8 Oct 1890
- Sitter
- Elisha Kent Kane, 3 Feb 1820 - 16 Feb 1857
- Provenance
- A.G. Hetherington [on label]. (Sotheby’s New York, 24 September 1986, lot 182); Richard Manney; (Sotheby’s, New York, 11 October 1991, lot 193); purchased NPG
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- c. 1860
- Object number
- NPG.91.95
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 35.9 × 30.8 × 1.7 cm (14 1/8 × 12 1/8 × 11/16")
- Frame: 36.8 × 32.1 cm (14 1/2 × 12 5/8")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Weapon\Gun\Rifle
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table\Writing table
- Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lantern
- Costume\Outerwear\Coat\Fur
- Interior\Vehicle\Ship
- 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
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.91.95
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4da45f8d7-b89f-4f03-b606-7fa53c4a504c
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