Rare c1857 Tintype Dr Elisha Kent Kane Arctic Explorer Navy Officer - Brady Int book he shared this address with

he shared this address with the New York Academy of Design

the other side has the same design with no chip :) The ambrotype is behind mat and glass

Annie and Hattie lived there whole lives there and are buried there

The shot of the women posing on the car is great

CDV is slightly trimmed to about 4" x 2 5/8"

Rare c1857 Tintype Dr Elisha Kent Kane Arctic Explorer Navy Officer - Brady Int book he shared this address withOriginal 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