Alexander Hamilton

A half-length oil portrait of a man with powdered gray hair, wearing a dark coat and a white cravat. He is turned three-quarters to the left, his gaze directed beyond the viewer, against a deep brown, softly lit background.

Look closer: A thin lighter border of the canvas edge frames the dark background along the top and right.

Artist

John Trumbull

Date

1804–6

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2903 × 3722 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881