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Alexander Hamilton, (sculpture). Artist:  Angel, John, 1881-1960, sculptor. Title:  Alexander Hamilton, (sculpture). Dates:  1940. Installed 1952. Dedicated July 6, 1952. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze coated with gold leaf; Base: granite; Plaza: limestone, slate, red and black granite Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 13 x 3 1/2 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. H. 78 ft. Inscription:  (On wall:) John Angel/Sculptor (On base:) Gift of/Kate Sturges buckingham/1858-1937/Erected 1952 Description:  A standing figure of Alexander Hamilton is mounted on tall base which rests on a three-level plaza of limestone, slate and polished red and black granite. The back wall of the base soars up behind the sculpture, reflecting the back of the figure. Hamilton's proper right hand is resting on his hip and his proper right foot is slightly forward. Subject:  Portrait male -- Hamilton, Alexander -- Full length Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Occupation -- Writer -- Author Occupation -- Education -- Orator Occupation -- Military -- General Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Dress -- Historic -- Eighteenth Century Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Lincoln Park, Junction of Cannon and Stockton drives, east of Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Kate Sturges Buckingham set up a one million dollar trust fund in her will to provide for a memorial to Hamilton. It was completed in 1940, but the erection of the memorial was delayed for 12 years by legal problems and wartime construction bans. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Preservation Files contain miscellaneous correspondence and newsletters dating from 1932, and conservation treatment reports with slide and black and white photographic documentation. The current base is not the original one. References:  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. 150-151. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1983, pg. 224-225. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 151. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75004298   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004298 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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