Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
Object Number:
X.296
Date:
1896
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 8 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 21.6 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: lower right: "Portrait of Alex Hamilton /copied from Trumbull painting in possesion/of Chambers of Commerce ag/Hug Will"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in graphite: "Portrait of Alex Hamilton / copied from Trumbulls painting in possession / of Chamber of Commerce by / Aug. Will."
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
This drawing was made as a model for a gravure print.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
