Benjamin Lincoln

Benjamin Lincoln

James Peale

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The sitter (1733-1810) served in the American Revolution and was acclaimed for his negotiations with Native Americans. He was later lieutenant governor of Massachusetts and the first collector for the Port of Boston.

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.