The Eliza Hamilton depicted in the portrait is an older woman, at the stage of her life when New Yorkers knew her for her leading role in the Orphan Asylum Society. Huntington (1816-1906) was a noted portraitist in New York and played a leading role in the city's art institutions in the latter half of the 1800s. Alexander Hamilton (Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton) by Daniel Huntington, mid-1800s.

The cast and crew of Hamilton have been supporting the child welfare agency by raising money, and Soo and fellow cast member Morgan Marcell established #TheElizaProject, a program to bring arts to Graham Windham kids. No longer an orphanage, it is now a family and youth development organization with an array of programs. Over 200 years after Eliza Hamilton and others established the orphanage, the actress portraying Eliza in Hamilton's original Broadway cast, Phillipa Soo, learned from Miranda that the charity Eliza and others founded is still around. In 2016 Tazewell won a Tony for Best Costume Design in a Musical for 'Hamilton: An American Musical.'

Costume designer Paul Tazewell designed this suit, worn by Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton in the second act of the musical. Originally known as the Orphan Asylum Society of the City of New York, the institution still exists and is now known as Graham Windham. It has also put Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757–1854) back in the narrative for her role in creating and leading a pioneering orphanage. Hamilton dramatizes the life and death of Alexander Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda's award-winning Broadway hit Hamilton: An American Musical turned international attention to the story of founding leader Alexander Hamilton, but also sparked the public rediscovery of his wife Eliza Hamilton's philanthropy.

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