Shown from the chest up, a pale-skinned, clean-shaven man wearing black looks off to our left against a dark brown background in this vertical portrait painting. His shoulders are angled to our left and he gazes off with steady, dark eyes. He has low, dark brows, a bumped nose, a strong jaw, a pointed chin, and his lips curl in a slight smile. His gray hair is brushed back from his forehead and gathered loosely at the nape of his neck. The sideburn we can see is a row of gray curls angling down over the ear. A cream-white ascot is tied in a bow around his neck and tucked into the collar of…
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Alexander Hamilton

painter John Trumbull (American, 1756 - 1843)

c. 1806

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 77 x 61 cm (30 5/16 x 24 in.) ; framed: 90.5 x 75.5 x 9.5 cm (35 5/8 x 29 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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