George Henry Loring

George Henry Loring

Richard Morrell Staigg

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Henry Loring (1822-1901) was born in Málaga, Spain, and visited Boston in 1849 with his fiancée, Amalia Heredia.

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.