# 18th-century United States

Time and place · hang 750 · 21 works

Works made in the United States in the 18th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## First room, north wall

1. [Elijah Boardman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/elijah-boardman-met-10830), Ralph Earl, 1789. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/elijah-boardman-met-10830?hang=750)
2. [A Gentleman of the Morris Family](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-gentleman-of-the-morris-family-nga-1135), John Wollaston, 1749/1752. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/a-gentleman-of-the-morris-family-nga-1135?hang=750)
3. [Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mrs-jerathmael-bowers-met-10530), John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/mrs-jerathmael-bowers-met-10530?hang=750)

## First room, south wall

4. [George Washington](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/george-washington-met-11778), Charles Peale Polk, ca. 1790. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/george-washington-met-11778?hang=750)
5. [Mrs. John Winthrop](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mrs-john-winthrop-met-10531), John Singleton Copley, 1773. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/mrs-john-winthrop-met-10531?hang=750)
6. [Captain John Gell](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/captain-john-gell-met-16781), Gilbert Stuart, 1785. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/captain-john-gell-met-16781?hang=750)

## Second room, south wall

7. [Daniel Crommelin Verplanck](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/daniel-crommelin-verplanck-met-10522), John Singleton Copley, 1771. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/daniel-crommelin-verplanck-met-10522?hang=750)
8. [Mary Walton Morris](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/mary-walton-morris-nga-1134), John Wollaston, 1749/1752. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/mary-walton-morris-nga-1134?hang=750)
9. [George Washington](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/george-washington-met-16584), Gilbert Stuart, begun 1795. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/george-washington-met-16584?hang=750)

## Second room, north wall

10. [Charles Willson Peale Self-Portrait](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/charles-willson-peale-self-portrait-si-npg-npg-89-205), Charles Willson Peale, c. 1791. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/charles-willson-peale-self-portrait-si-npg-npg-89-205?hang=750)
11. [Elizabeth Shewell West and Her Son, Raphael](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/elizabeth-shewell-west-and-her-son-raphael-cma-109245), Benjamin West, c. 1770. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/elizabeth-shewell-west-and-her-son-raphael-cma-109245?hang=750)
12. [Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/attack-on-bunker-s-hill-with-the-burning-of-charles-town-nga-42489), Unrecorded American maker, 1783 or after. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/attack-on-bunker-s-hill-with-the-burning-of-charles-town-nga-42489?hang=750)

## Third room, north wall

13. [Jonathan Bentham](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/jonathan-bentham-nga-45958), Unrecorded American maker, c. 1725. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/jonathan-bentham-nga-45958?hang=750)
14. [Sketch for The Copley Family](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sketch-for-the-copley-family-nga-73435), John Singleton Copley, 1776. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/sketch-for-the-copley-family-nga-73435?hang=750)

## Third room, south wall

15. [Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/washington-reviewing-the-western-army-at-fort-cumberland-mar-met-11302), Frederick Kemmelmeyer, after 1795. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/washington-reviewing-the-western-army-at-fort-cumberland-mar-met-11302?hang=750)
16. [Boy in Blue Coat](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/boy-in-blue-coat-nga-45959), Unrecorded American maker, c. 1730. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states/boy-in-blue-coat-nga-45959?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More by unrecorded makers of the United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/unrecorded-united-states?hang=750&via=continue) (9 works)
- [More American colonial and Federal art](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-colonial-and-federal?hang=750&via=continue) (29 works)
- [18th-century United States, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-united-states?hang=750&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzUwLCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiMnE4V2lodFMifQ)