Object Details
- Artist
- Steve Pyke, born 1957
- Sitter
- John McCain, 29 Aug 1936 - 25 Aug 2018
- Exhibition Label
- Born Panama Canal Zone
- As a U.S. Navy pilot during the Vietnam War, John McCain was shot down while on a bombing mission over Hanoi in October 1967. McCain was grievously injured when he ejected from his plane and was captured immediately. A POW for more than five years, he was held in the “Hanoi Hilton,” a notorious North Vietnamese prison. There he endured continuous torture and beatings. The son of a noted admiral, McCain rejected his captors’ offers to release him ahead of men who had been imprisoned longer. Finally freed in March 1973, he was welcomed home as a hero two months after the Paris peace accords ended the Vietnam War.
- McCain retired from the Navy in 1981. He entered politics by winning a seat in Congress in 1982 and was elected to the U.S. Senate from Arizona in 1986. Having lost the 2008 presidential election to Barack Obama, he remained a senator until his death.
- Nacido en la zona del canal de Panamá
- John McCain fue piloto de la marina durante la Guerra de Vietnam. Su avión fue derribado en una misión de bombardeo sobre Hanói en octubre de 1967. Herido de gravedad al eyectarse del avión, fue capturado y pasó más de cinco años como prisionero de guerra en la notoria cárcel norvietnamita apodada “Hilton de Hanói”. Allí padeció torturas y golpizas continuas. McCain, quien era hijo de un almirante destacado, rechazó ofertas de liberarlo antes que a otros que llevaban más tiempo presos. Libre por fin en marzo de 1973, fue recibido como héroe dos meses después de que los acuerdos de París terminaran la Guerra de Vietnam.
- McCain se retiró de la marina en 1981. Entró al ruedo político al ganar un escaño en el Congreso en 1982 y fue elegido para el Senado de EE.UU. por Arizona en 1986. Tras perder la elección presidencial de 2008 contra Barack Obama, fue senador hasta su muerte.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 2005 (printed 2018)
- Object number
- NPG.2018.42
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © 2005, Steve Pyke
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Inkjet print
- Dimensions
- Image: 51.2 × 50.7 cm (20 3/16 × 19 15/16")
- Sheet: 61.4 × 61.1 cm (24 3/16 × 24 1/16")
- Mat: 81.2 × 66 cm (31 15/16 × 26")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- 20th Century Americans: 1960-2000
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 342
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Jewelry
- Exterior
- Costume\Jewelry\Ring
- Architecture\Column
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie
- John McCain: Male
- John McCain: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
- John McCain: Politics and Government\Statesman
- John McCain: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer
- John McCain: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\Arizona
- John McCain: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Naval aviator
- John McCain: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Arizona
- John McCain: Military and Intelligence\Prisoner of War
- John McCain: Military award\Purple Heart
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2018.42
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e987cfbe-db78-45b1-8c24-b53c323e077f
