Portrait Miniature of Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
- Name
- Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 (Artist)
- Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 1757-1854 (Creator)
- Title
- Portrait Miniature of Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
- Abstract
- This portrait miniature of Hamilton is displayed in the center of an embroidered border that likely dates from the 19th century. It depicts Hamilton dressed in a gray-blue coat and pink waistcoat, wearing a white wig. Embroidery attributed to Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
- Accession Number
- C00.1673
- Subjects
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
- Format
- paintings; watercolors (paintings); miniatures (paintings)
- Culture
- American (North American)
- Genre
- portraits
- Origin Information
- United States
- Date
- ca. 1780
- Physical Description
- 1 miniature ; 2 x 1 3/8 in. (5 x 3.5 cm), with frame: 11 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (28.3 x 24.4 cm)
- Note (Medium/support)
- Watercolor on ivory
- Note (Ownership)
- Presented to Columbiana (University Archives) by Edmund Astley Prentis, 1964
- Library Location
- Art Properties, Columbia University
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- Catalog Record
- 11868467
- Also In
- Art Properties -- Columbia’s Art Collection Online
- Copyright Status
- No Copyright - United States
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-h8x8-v159