Alexander Hamilton, (sculpture)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

sculptor
Pratt, Bela Lyon 1867-1917
Subject
Hamilton, Alexander
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 41.
Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 224-226.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.
Image on file.
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 41.
B. L. Pratt 1917 (Base, front left end:) BELA PRATT SCULPTOR (Base front left side:) "LIBERTY MAY BE ENDANGERED BY THE ABUSES OF LIBERTY AS WELL AS BY THE ABUSES OF POWER." (Base front center section under figure:) ALEXANDER/HAMILTON/1757-1804 (Base front right side:) "THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MORALITY AND JUSTICE ARE APPLICABLE TO NATIONS AS WELL AS TO INDIVIDUALS (Base, front right end:) ERECTED BY THE TRUSTEE OF THE B. F. FERGUSON MONUMENT FUND 1918 signed
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Summary
In a classically inspired niche set in a balustraded wall is the standing figure of Alexander Hamilton. He holds an open scroll signifying the role he played in securing the ratification of the U. S. Constitution in 1787-88.
1917. Dedicated Sept. 28, 1918
Control number
IAS 75004296
Type
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Medium
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
Owner/Location
Coadministered by Chicago Park District Preservation Planning Division 425 East McFetridge Drive Chicago Illinois 60605
Coadministered by Art Institute of Chicago 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois 60603-6110
Located at Grant Park Michigan Avenue between Monroe and Madison Streets Chicago Illinois
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Portrait male--Full length
Occupation--Political--Statesman
Occupation--Writer--Author
Occupation--Education--Orator
Occupation--Military--General
Occupation--Law--Lawyer
Dress--Historic--Eighteenth Century Dress
Record ID
siris_ari_7995
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