A bronze statue of Alexander Hamilton by James Earle Fraser, dedicated on May 17, 1923, is found on the south patio (Alexander Hamilton Place, NW) of the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington, D.C.
Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755, or 1757, in Charlestown, the capital of the island of Nevis, in the Leeward Islands. Commissioned in 1917 and cast by the Kunst Foundry, the statue depicts Hamilton holding a tricorn hat and a long dress coat in his hands. In the statue, he is clad in knee breeches, a throat fichu, buckled shoes, and ruffled cuffs. The statue stands high atop a -tall granite base made by Henry Bacon. Charles Atlas posed for this statue.
The base of the statue is inscribed on three sides.
The front reads: <div style="text-align: center;"> <big>ALEXANDER HAMILTON</big>
<small>1757âÂÂ1804</small>
FIRST SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
<small>SOLDIER, ORATOR, STATESMAN<br>CHAMPION OF CONSTITUTIONAL UNION,<br>REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND<br>NATIONAL INTEGRITY</small></div>
The rear of the statue reads: <div style="text-align: center;"> <blockquote> Fraser 1922<br> A. Kunst Foundry NY </blockquote> </div>
The north face reads: <div style="text-align: center;"> <blockquote> "He smote the rock of the national resources and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit and it sprang upon its feet."</blockquote> </div>
Access to the statue is now restricted as a result of security upgrades after the September 11th attacks.