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Artist:
Henry Kirke Brown, 25 Feb 1814 - 10 Jul 1886  Search this
Sitter:
John Cabell Breckinridge, 15 Jan 1821 - 17 May 1875  Search this
Medium:
Marble
Dimensions:
Without Base: 53.7 × 37.8 × 22.9 cm (21 1/8 × 14 7/8 × 9")
Type:
Sculpture
Place:
United States\District of Columbia\Washington
Date:
May 1858
Provenance:
George Taylor [1716-1781], 1858-1873; Gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1873; Gift to NPG, 2019.
Topic:
John Cabell Breckinridge: Male  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Vice-President of US  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad executive  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of War\Confederate Secretary of War  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Kentucky  Search this
John Cabell Breckinridge: Politics and Government\US Senator\Kentucky  Search this
Portrait  Search this
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.
Object number:
NPG.2019.37
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ecd57fcd-58dd-41a1-a292-16c6ab3c25af
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.2019.37