Shown from the chest up, a pale-skinned man wearing a coat and cravat looks off to our left with his chin tipped slightly up in this vertical portrait painting. The man’s shoulders and chest face us, but he turns to the left to look off in that direction with blue eyes under straight brows that angle up toward the center. He has a straight nose, rosy cheeks, full, bow-shaped lips, and a double chin. His wavy gray hair is brushed back from his high forehead and falls to his ears. His ivory-white ascot has a lacy border and is tied snugly around his neck with a bow in front. It is tucked into…
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Alexander Hamilton

painter John Trumbull (American, 1756 - 1843)

c. 1792

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 76.2 x 60.5 cm (30 x 23 13/16 in.) ; framed: 87 x 71.8 x 4.4 cm (34 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of the Avalon Foundation
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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