Napoleon Sarony, “The Declaration of Independence,” 1843–1853. Harry T. Peters, “America on Stone.” Lithography Collection. Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History This hand-colored ...

May is Jewish American Heritage Month.Explore a selection items in the Smithsonian's collections that reflect the Jewish American experience as well as the significant role Jewish Americans and those ...

Notes. 1. Porter's student David Driskell, who became an art historian in his own right and wrote the introduction to the 1992 edition, notes that Modern Negro Art grew out of Porter's 1939 thesis at ...