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Hamilton's monument
John Rubens Smith (English (worked in the United States), 1775–1849)
1817
Place Depicted: Weehawken, New Jersey, United States
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil on cream paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 29.1 x 44.6 cm (11 7/16 x 17 9/16 in.) laid down
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3980
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 665
DescriptionObelisk tomb enclosed by iron fence on bank foreground center. Man with book leaning against boulder right. River left.
InscriptionsIn graphite pencil bottom center: "Hamilton's Monument"
At right: "J. R. Smith 1817"
At right: "J. R. Smith 1817"
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950