Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis

Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis

Charles Willson Peale

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peale portrayed Mrs. Mifflin, born Rebecca Edgell, in the act of instructing her granddaughter in virtue and morals from an emblem book. The atmosphere of affectionate serenity with which the well-knit group is imbued probably indicates that Mrs. Mifflin was a contented, pleasant matron and a good mother to her three children. It also reflects Peale's own love for family life and his reverence for domestic happiness.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin FrancisMrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin FrancisMrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin FrancisMrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin FrancisMrs. Samuel Mifflin and Her Granddaughter Rebecca Mifflin Francis

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.