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
Paul Revere Jr.|Henry Pelham
The Boston Massacre
1770
Hand-colored engraving and etching
image: 10 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (26 x 23.2 cm) sheet: 11 x 9 9/16 in. (27.9 x 24.3 cm)
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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)
View at museumAnonymous, British, 18th century
Magna Britannia: Her Colonies Reduced
after 1767
Engraving
plate: 2 15/16 x 4 1/2 in. (7.5 x 11.5 cm) sheet: 5 1/8 x 8 9/16 in. (13 x 21.7 cm)
View at museum26 documented works in this exhibition
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