Alexander Hamilton
John Trumbull
c. 1792
Medium
oil on canvas
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.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Avalon Foundation
Accession Number
1952.1.1
About the Artist
John Trumbull · 1756–1843
John Trumbull, born on June 6, 1756, in Lebanon, Connecticut, to prominent Puritan descendants, grew up in a politically influential family as the son of Jonathan Trumbull, Connecticut's governor from 1769 to 1784, and Faith Robinson Trumbull. His brothers included Joseph, the Continental Army's first commissary general, and Jonathan Jr., Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. A childhood a...