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John Pendleton Kennedy

John Pendleton Kennedy

Attribution: William James Hubard, 1807 - 1862
Sitter: John Pendleton Kennedy, 25 Oct 1795 - 18 Aug 1870

Date: c. 1820

Type: Silhouette

Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8 × 5 cm (3 1/8 × 1 15/16"); Sheet: 12 × 8 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/8")

Topic: 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

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.78.266

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery

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