John C. Fremont visit to America

Ball, Black & Co.

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of Fremont (1813-1890) facing right on obverse. On the reverse three figures survey land in the foreground, with the Capitol building on hill in background. The medal was issued in 1856 when Fremont ran for president of the newly established Republican Party.

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