Hamilton and Friends: Portraiture in Early New York Talk at the Museum of the City of NY

Image via the Museum of the City of New York

Untapped Cities is pleased to serve as a co-sponsor for the upcoming talk “Hamilton and Friends: Portraiture in Early New York” at the Museum of the City of New York. Alexander Hamilton was a man of many faces: politician, economist, revolutionary — and rumored philanderer. After he was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr in 1804, Hamilton’s widow, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, worked tirelessly to defend her husband’s reputation. Today we are familiar with likenesses of Alexander Hamilton — including one that is on the ten dollar bill. This panel will explore how portraiture served in the decades after the American Revolution as a critical tool in shaping and canonizing the public image of leaders and notables. 

Join the Museum of the City of New York on February 11th at 6:30 pm for a conversation about how the Hamilton’s and other members of the colonial New York elite commissioned portraits to use both as status symbols and a means to craft their public image. This program delves into the themes of our exhibition Picturing Prestige: New York Portraits, 1700-1860. Untapped Cities is pleased to offer the discount code HAM1 for tickets which can be purchased here.

Read more about Alexander Hamilton’s contributions to NYC here.