Alexander Hamilton, (sculpture).

Alexander Hamilton, (sculpture).

Rimmer, William, 1816-1879, sculptor.

Alexander Hamilton, (sculpture).

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Figure: granite; Base: granite.

Figure: approx. 10 ft. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 8 ft. 5 in. x 5 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 4 in.

(Lower front of relief plaque:) W.R. SC. (Front of base:) GIFT OF THOMAS LEE (Proper left of base:) ORATOR, WRITER, SOLDIER, JURIST,/FINANCIER./ALTHOUGH HIS PARTICULAR/PROVINCE WAS TREASURY,/HIS GENIUS PERVADED THE WHOLE/ADMINISTRATION OF WASHINGTON (Back of base:) THIS STATUE ERECTED BY/THOMAS LEE/A CITIZEN OF BOSTON (Proper right of base:) ALEXANDER HAMILTON./BORN IN THE ISLAND OF/NEVIS, WEST INDIES/11 JANUARY 1757,/DIED IN NEW YORK 12 JULY 1804. signed

A portrait of Alexander Hamilton wearing drapery over his street clothes. The base is decorated with three profile relief portrait busts depicting George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay.

Portrait male -- Hamilton, Alexander -- Full length

Occupation -- Political -- Statesman

Occupation -- Writer -- Author

Occupation -- Education -- Orator

Occupation -- Military -- General

Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer

Occupation -- Other -- Businessman

Portrait male -- Washington, George -- Bust

Portrait male -- Jay, John -- Bust

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston

Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201

Located Commonwealth Avenue, between Arlington & Berkeley Streets, Boston, Massachusetts

The statue commemorates Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804). Born in the West Indies, Hamilton distinguished himself as a soldier and statesman during the Revolutionary War and was a signer of the Constitution. When the new government was inaugurated, he organized the Treasury Department, and served as its first Secretary in Washington. Hamilton died July 12, 1804, after a fatal dual with Aaron Burr. Rimmer carved the monument directly, using no model. The statue was a gift to the City of Boston in 1865 from Thomas Lee. IAS files contain excerpts form Walter Muir Whitehill's "Boston Statues," Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1970, pg. 45; and conservation information.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Boston Art Commission, 1991.

Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston: From Newburyport to Plymouth," Boston: The Harvard Common Press, rev. ed., 1993, pg. 44.

Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990.

Weidman, Jeffrey, 1986, 1993.

Weidman, Jeffrey, "William Rimmer: Critial Catalogue Raisonne," Ph.D., Indiana University, 1981, sculpture checklist.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5104, 1989.

Monumental News, Oct. 1894; May 1913.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.

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Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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