Artist/Maker
Unidentified artist
After
Charles Willson Peale
(American, 1741 – 1827)
Depicted
Alexander Hamilton
(ca. 1755 – 1804)
Alexander Hamilton (ca. 1755–1804)
Late 18th or early 19th century
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 22 3/4 × 19 in. (57.8 × 48.3 cm)
Framed: 27 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (69.2 × 59.1 × 6.4 cm)
Framed: 27 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (69.2 × 59.1 × 6.4 cm)
Gift of Duncan C. Pell
1841.2
In 1791 Charles W. Peale painted a portrait of Hamilton for his museum in Philadelphia; this portrait, now in Independence Hall, shows the subject in civilian dress. The unidentified artist of the Society's portrait copied this likeness, except that Hamilton is shown in military uniform. William Sawitzky has suggested that the artist may be a member of the Peale family.
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Unidentified artist
ca. 1805
1900.5
