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The Monument to Alexander Hamilton at Weehawken

Pavel Petrovich Svinin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A black and white painting of a monument. The monument is on the right, on a rocky bluff with trees. The monument is a white obelisk. It has a black fence around it. The water is on the left. There is a city on the left side of the water. The sky takes up most of the picture with clouds.

Artwork details

Date:
1811–ca. 1813
Medium:
Watercolor and gouache on off-white laid paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 422 px
Museum record:
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