Statue of Alexander Hamilton (Boston)
A statue of Alexander Hamilton by William Rimmer is installed along Commonwealth Avenue, between Arlington and Berkeley Streets, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
| Statue of Alexander Hamilton | |
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 The statue in 2017 | |
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| Artist | William Rimmer |
| Medium | Granite sculpture |
| Subject | Alexander Hamilton |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 42°21′12.4″N 71°4′20.8″W | |
Description
The 1864–1865 granite statue measures approximately 10 ft. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 4 in., and rests on a granite base measuring 8 ft. 5 in. x 5 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 4 in. The base has three relief portrait busts depicting Hamilton, John Jay, and George Washington.
History
The artwork was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.[1]
Reception
The statue was widely regarded as a failure by nineteenth-century commentators. The critic George B. Woods stated that Hamilton appeared to be "swathed like an infant or a mummy."[2] William H. Downes wrote that it "suggested a snow image which had partly melted."[2] Lincoln Kirstein, writing in 1961, offered a more favorable assessment, commenting that "the mass and its drapery are powerfully suggestive, anticipating Rodin's Balzac in the looming treatment of the rising form."[2]
References
- "Alexander Hamilton, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- Kirstein, Lincoln (1961). "William Rimmer: His Life and Art". The Massachusetts Review. 2.
External links
Media related to Alexander Hamilton by William Rimmer (Boston) at Wikimedia Commons
