Mrs. Thomas Hicks

Mrs. Thomas Hicks

Thomas Hicks

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Angela D. King (1834-1917) was born in Brooklyn and became the wife of Thomas Hicks in 1855. Both she and Hicks were active in the city's artistic and literary circles. Mrs. Hicks was evidently both fascinating and popular. It is said that "Angie" inspired the poet and diplomat George H. Boker of Philadelphia to compose many sonnets to her over a period of thirty years. Her admirers also included the author and editor Parke Godwin. Hicks probably painted this portrait of his wife in 1884, the year it was exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York.

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.