Rare c1857 Tintype Dr Elisha Kent Kane Arctic Explorer Navy Officer - Brady Int book There is no label inside

There is no label inside

The shot of the women posing on the car is great

he shared this address with the New York Academy of Design

Leather album with shield shaped plaque on the front

and a large tinted flower in her hair

Rare c1857 Tintype Dr Elisha Kent Kane Arctic Explorer Navy Officer - Brady Int book There is no label insideOriginal tintype of Elisha Kent Kane (1820 1857), American explorer and medical officer in the U. S. Navy. Kane was a member of artic explorations searching for the lost John Franklin expedition. This circa 1857, cased, 1 6 tintype is an engraved portrait, probably from his book, Arctic Explorations. The original portrait, a daguerreotype, was taken by Mathew Brady in about 1852. I suspect that this tintype was probably made upon the news of Kane's