| Kane, John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1795-1858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| city | Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| state | PA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| other cities | Albany, NY; New Haven, CT; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| sex | M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| history |
John Kintzing Kane was a collector, lawyer, politician, jurist, an associate of Presidents Jackson and Polk, and served as the President of the American Philosophical Society (1856-1858). Kane married Jane Duval Leiper in 1819, and had six children, of which two were famous in their own right; Elisha Kent Kane was a naval officer, physician and explorer, and Thomas L. Kane was an attorney, abolitionist and military officer who was influential in the western migration of the Latter-day Saint movement and served as a Union colonel and general of volunteers in the American Civil War. Kane’s collection included a commissioned portrait by Thomas Sully. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| decades | 1840-1850 1850-1860 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| updated | 03/22/2024 12:09:30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| research links |
Search FRESCO (Frick Research Catalog Online) Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||