Plate

James and Ralph Clews

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This blue and white transfer-printed earthenware plate made by the Staffordshire firm of James & Ralph Clews features a view of the triumphal landing of General Lafayette (1757–1834) in New York Harbor on August 16, 1824 where he was met by the American naval ship “Chancellor Livingston" and escorted to Castle Garden for a huge celebration by thousands of patriotic well-wishers.

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