Mrs. John McAllister (Frances Wardale)

Mrs. John McAllister (Frances Wardale)

James Peale

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Frances Wardale (1746-1814) was born in Yorkshire, England. She married in London and moved with her husband to Philadelphia in 1773. Her second husband, John McAllister, was an optician.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mrs. John McAllister (Frances Wardale)Mrs. John McAllister (Frances Wardale)Mrs. John McAllister (Frances Wardale)Mrs. John McAllister (Frances Wardale)Mrs. John McAllister (Frances Wardale)

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.