Mrs. Nathaniel Chapman (Rebekah Biddle)

Benjamin Trott

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rebekah Biddle (1782-1870) was the daughter of Clement Biddle and Rebekah Cornell of Philadelphia. Her husband was a physician and professor of the theory and practice of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and first president of the American Medical Association.

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art