General George B. McClellan

John Quincy Adams Ward

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This bas-relief equestrian portrait depicts General George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885), Union general and unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate for President in 1864. McClellan is attired in “undress regulation coat, belt, gauntlets and high riding boots, worn outside the pantaloons” as described in the patent application of January 15, 1864. The relief was designed by illustrator F. O. C. Darley and translated into sculptural form by Ward. Ward issued this relief commercially as a collectible for the Election of 1864, with examples available in silver and bronze in accompanying frames.

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