Museum Exhibition
Revolution!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 19, 2026 – September 7, 2026
Explore artworks that trace the path to American independence during the Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and its aftermath.
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Charles-Gabriel Sauvage, called Lemire pere
Figure of Louis XVI and Benjamin Franklin
1780–85
Porcelain
12 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 6 in. (32.4 x 24.1 x 15.2 cm)
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Benjamin Franklin
Magna Britannia: Her Colonies Reduced
1833 [based on 1766 print]
Etching and engraving
Plate: 2 15/16 × 4 1/2 in. (7.5 × 11.5 cm) Sheet: 5 1/8 × 8 1/2 in. (13 × 21.6 cm)
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Josiah Wedgwood
Antislavery Medallion
ca. 1787
Jasperware
Overall (confirmed): 1 3/16 × 1 1/16 in. (3 × 2.7 cm); Overall (as mounted, confirmed): 2 3/8 × 1 3/16 in. (6 × 3 cm)
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Paul Revere Jr.
The Boston Massacre, or, The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street, Boston on March 5, 1770 by a party of the 29th Regiment
1770
Hand-colored engraving and etching; second state
Image: 10 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (26 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 11 in. × 9 9/16 in. (27.9 × 24.3 cm)
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