Martha Washington

Martha Washington

James Peale

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This portrait of Washington and the companion portrait of Martha Washington (2006.235.327) were probably reframed either in 1876, for the nation's centennial, or in 1889, for the centennial of Washington's inauguration.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.