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Alexander Hamilton's First Bank of the United States

Alexander Hamilton's First Bank of the United States
Alexander Hamilton's First Bank of the United States
ArtistAmerican, born England, 1755–1834
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Alexander Hamilton's First Bank of the United States
Datec. 1834
MediumInk, watercolor, and gouache on paper
DimensionsSheet (at open): 9 1/16 × 11 9/16 in. (23 × 29.4 cm)
 Frame: 17 1/4 × 19 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (43.8 × 50.2 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Marian and Speros Martel Early Americana Accessions Endowment honoring William S. Kilroy, Sr.
Object numberB.2026.4
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceMartin P. Snyder (1913–2004), Philadelphia, 1997; Terry and Jay Snider, California; consigned to [Freeman’s, Philadelphia, American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Sale 6489, April 28, 2026, Lot 86]; purchased by MFAH, 2026.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated “W. Birch 1800” lower right; titled in bottom margin, “Alexander Hamilton’s First Bank of the United States. Philadelphia. A.D. 1800.”

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