Zack Evans, Aisling Art Installation installer, pulls out a sculpture of Alexander Hamilton to display for Portraits of Alexander Hamilton: A Celebration of Hamilton on His Birthday at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. The 2021 painted plaster copy, from the studio of Robert and Kathleen Sure, was produced from a casting made before 1911, taken by Pietro Caproni from one of Giuseppe Caracchi’s marble busts of Hamilton from 1751-1801. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Alexander Hamilton’s birthday was marked in Utah on Tuesday as several of his portraits were displayed at the state Capitol.
The event was believed to be the first time that some of the portraits had been on display together. The Utah chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society was on hand for a presentation and discussion about the Founding Father’s life and legacy, and winners of a high school essay contest were recognized by the Utah Department of Culture and Community Engagement.
Hamilton, a statesman and framer of the United States who helped shape the nation’s financial system, was born Jan.11, in either 1755 or 1757, in the British West Indies. He is famed in book and song, perhaps most notably the smash Broadway musical “Hamilton,” playing at the Eccles Theater in downtown Salt Lake City through Jan. 23.
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Chris Evans, Aisling Art Installation installer, hangs a painting of Alexander Hamilton for Portraits of Alexander Hamilton: A Celebration of Hamilton on His Birthday at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. The 1875 oil on canvas painting by Martin Johnson Heade was based on an earlier painting by John Trumbull. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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South Jordan Mayor Dawn Ramsey stops to look at artwork on display for Portraits of Alexander Hamilton: A Celebration of Hamilton on His Birthday at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Darren Rollins, president of the Utah chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society and co-organizer of Portraits of Alexander Hamilton: A Celebration of Hamilton on His Birthday, speaks during the event at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Darren Rollins, president of the Utah chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society and co-organizer of Portraits of Alexander Hamilton: A Celebration of Hamilton on His Birthday, speaks during the event at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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West Point Junior High School students Andrick Villafana, Nicholas Payne and Junior Vasquez look at an 1875 oil painting of Alexander Hamilton by Martin Johnson Heade, based on an earlier painting by John Trumbull, while attending Portraits of Alexander Hamilton: A Celebration of Hamilton on His Birthday at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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