General Washington

Ludwig Christian Lauer

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the obverse is a bust of George Washington in three-quarter view to the left. On the reverse is an American eagle grasping an olive branch and three arrows in its talons.

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