Mrs. Joseph Donaldson (Frances Johnston)

Charles Willson Peale

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The sitter (1754-1836) was born in Ireland, married Joseph Donaldson in York, Pennsylvania, and later lived in Baltimore. The artist recorded on September 3, 1776: "began a M: of Mrs. Donaldson," and on September 17: "Rd in full of Mr Donalson on his & his Ladys miniature 56 Dollars."

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