Photo #: NH 95532
Assistant Surgeon Elisha Kent Kane, USN (1820-1857)
Engraved portrait after a painting by Alonzo Chappel, published
in "National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans".
It depicts Kane during his 1850s missions to the Arctic to search
for possible survivors of the Franklin expedition. Kane's hand
is shown resting on a monument inscribed "Sacred to the
Memory of W. Braine R.N. H.M.S. Erebus ...".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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