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KN-10875 Assistant Surgeon Elisha Kent Kane, USN (1820-1857)

Photo #: KN-10875 Assistant Surgeon Elisha Kent Kane, USN, (1820-1857)
Description: Oil on canvas, 72 x 53, by Thomas Hicks (1823-1890). Signed and dated by the artist, 1859. The painting depicts Kane in the cabin of the exploration ship Advance, probably during his second expedition to the Arctic, circa 1853-1855. Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Gift of Florence Bayard Kane and Charles Carey, 1940. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
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