Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

English: '
Year	1923
Type	Bronze
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Owner	National Park Service

38°53′48″N 77°02′04″W / 38.896661°N 77.034308°W / 38.896661; -77.034308

Alexander Hamilton is a bronze statue by James Earle Fraser.^[1] It was dedicated on May 17, 1923, and can be found on the south patio of the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington D.C.^[2]

Description

Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755 or 1757 in Charlestown, the capital of the island of Nevis, in the Leeward Islands. Commissioned in 1917, and cast by the Kunst Foundry, the statue depicts Hamilton holding a tricorn hat and a long dress coat in his hands. In the statue, Hamilton is clad in knee breeches, a throat fichu, buckled shoes, and ruffled cuffs. The statue stands 10 feet high atop a 9-foot granite base made by Henry Bacon.

Inscriptions

Alexander Hamilton at the dedication

The base of the statue is inscribed on three sides.

The front reads:

The rear of the statue reads:

The north face reads:

References

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External links

• "Alexander Hamilton (Washington D.C. (District of Columbia))", wikimapia
• "Alexander Hamilton Statue ", CSPAN
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/136352725/
• http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=32740

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