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Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853


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  • Fuller Name

    • Richard Hovendon

  • Variants

    • Kern, R. H. (Richard Hovendon), 1821-1853
    • Kern, Dick, 1821-1853

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    • Birth Date

        1821-04-11

    • Death Date

        1853-10-26

    • Birth Place

        Philadelphia (Pa.)

    • Associated Locale

        Sevier Lake (Utah)

    • Associated Language

        English

    • Occupation

      Artists

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      • Sources

        • found: Weber, D.J. Richard H. Kern, c1985:CIP t.p. (Richard H. Kern)
        • found: LC data base, 7-31-84(hdg.: Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853)
        • found: Fort Massachusetts, at the foot of the Sierra Blanca, valley of San Luis, [1855]:print (J.M. Stanley from a sketch by R.H. Kern)
        • found: Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, via WWW, July 13, 2017(Richard H. Kern; Richard H. Kern (1821-1853) was the older brother of the artist Edward Meyer Kern; Richard was an illustrator and scientist who, like Edward, accompanied the surveyor John C. Frémont on an expedition through the Rocky Mountains; he later worked for the U.S. Army, drawing topographical views of Indian territories; he was killed in an ambush in 1853, the year after his brother painted his portrait)
        • found: Geni, via WWW, Ju;y 13, 2017(Richard "Dick" Hovendon Kern; born April 11, 1821 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died October 26, 1853 at Sevier Lake, Utah; Richard H. Kern began exhibiting landscape and figure studies in Philadelphia around 1840; he was an art teacher at the Franklin Institute, owned his own studio at 62 Filbert Street in Philadelphia, and was a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences; between 1848 and his death in 1853, he participated in four expeditions in the west, where he accomplished his best and most well known work; from 1848-1849 Richard and Edward Kern joined in John C. Fremont's winter expedition, along with their older brother, Benjamin (1818-1849); the two were to be artists for the expedition, and Benjamin the doctor; in August of 1849, Richard and Edward joined J. H. Simpson on the 1849 exploration campaign of John M. Washington; Richard's role, as second assistant and artist, was to make portraits of Indian chiefs, costume, scenery, geological formations, ruins, and to copy ancient writings found on the sides of stone; Edward and Richard lived in New Mexico for two years, working for the Corps of Topographical Engineers; in 1851 Richard joined Lieutenant Lorenzo Sitgreaves on an expedition to explore the Little Colorado River; in 1852 Richard returned to Philadelphia; Richard left for his fourth and final trip in 1853, joining Captain John Williams Gunnison on an expedition to survey a railroad route that would pass through the Rockies; on October 26, 1853, Richard accompanied Gunnison on a side trip to explore the area around Sevier Lake, Utah; there, a group of Pahvant Indians, seeking revenge for the murder of their chief, killed Kern alongside eight other members of Gunnison's party)

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        • 1984-08-06: new
        • 2021-12-07: revised

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