Joseph Barrell, Jr. (1765-1801)

Nathaniel Hancock

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The sitter, Joseph Barrell Jr. (1765-1801), was a Boston merchant. The portrait dates from about 1790; the memorial image on the back dates from the time of Barrell's death.

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