John Henry Adam

John Henry Adam

Anson Dickinson

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dickinson recorded a miniature of "Mr. Adam" in 1835 in Litchfield, Connecticut.

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.