Bishop William White

Bishop William White

William Russell Birch

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

William White (1748-1836) with presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States (1789; 1795-1836) and bishop of the diocese of Pennsylvania (1787-1836). Birch based his portrait on John Sartain's 1830 or 1831 engraving of Thomas Sully's portrait.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.