James Gilbert Claude Hamilton (18 May 1851 – 26 March 1926) was a Scottish-American sculptor active in Cleveland, Ohio from about 1887-1898.
According to Artists in Ohio, he was said to be a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and according to the Building News and Engineering Journal, he served as an assistant to Alexander Milne Calder for sculptures in the Philadelphia City Hall.
Hamilton was a Freemason as a member of Franklin Ledge #20.
[1] Hamilton was born in Scotland to James Hamilton and Margaret Hood and immigrated to the United States in 1862.
[3] His other notable works include: Hamilton sculpted these works while under contract to the Smith Granite Company of Westerly, Rhode Island.