Faces of a New Nation: American Portraits of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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View masterpieces portraying the men, women, and children of early America. These stunning paintings depict not only people from a particular time and place, but they also reveal the values of the nation across a span of nearly 150 years. Winterthur is the only venue for this select group of portraits from The Met, which represents many of the young country’s great artists, including John Smibert, John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, and Samuel F. B. Morse. Members free. Included with all admission tickets. The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. It is sponsored by DuPont and Potter Anderson & Corroon.