Thomas Middleton

Mary Roberts

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The set of five miniatures (2007.61-.65)portrays a group of cousins, the children of brothers William (1710-1775) and Henry (1717-1784) Middleton of Charleston, South Carolina, and Suffolk, England.

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