Statue_of_Alexander_Hamilton_(Washington,_D.C.) Knowpia

Statue of Alexander Hamilton
Statue of Alexander Hamilton
Year	1923
Type	Bronze
Location	Alexander Hamilton Place, NW; Washington, D.C., USA
	38°53′48″N 77°02′04″W / 38.896661°N 77.034308°W
Owner	National Park Service

A bronze statue of Alexander Hamilton by James Earle Fraser, dedicated on May 17, 1923, is found on the south patio (Alexander Hamilton Place, NW) of the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington, D.C.^[1]^[2]

Description edit

Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755, or 1757, in Charlestown, the capital of the island of Nevis, in the Leeward Islands. Commissioned in 1917 and cast by the Kunst Foundry, the statue depicts Hamilton holding a tricorn hat and a long dress coat in his hands. In the statue, he is clad in knee breeches, a throat fichu, buckled shoes, and ruffled cuffs. The statue stands 10 feet (3.0 m) high atop a 9 feet (2.7 m)-tall granite base made by Henry Bacon. Charles Atlas posed for this statue.^[3]

Inscriptions edit

Alexander Hamilton at the dedication

The base of the statue is inscribed on three sides.

The front reads:

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

1757—1804

FIRST SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

SOLDIER, ORATOR, STATESMAN
CHAMPION OF CONSTITUTIONAL UNION,
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND
NATIONAL INTEGRITY

The rear of the statue reads:

Fraser 1922
A. Kunst Foundry NY

The north face reads:

"He smote the rock of the national resources and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit and it sprang upon its feet."^[1]

Access edit

Access to the statue is now restricted as a result of security upgrades after the September 11th attacks.^{[citation needed]}

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Alexander Hamilton, (sculpture)". SIRIS
^ » Alexander Hamilton Statue
^ Maeder, Jay (May 16, 1999) "Charles Atlas Body and Soul" Archived August 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. New York Daily News.