
Alexander Murray
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The portrait of Alexander Murray (1755-1821) in the uniform of a captain in the United States Navy marks his appointment to that rank in 1798. The scene on the verso both celebrates his affection for his wife and family and memorializes their children who died.
The American Wing
An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
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.