Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory)

Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory)

George Catlin

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The daughter of Benjamin Gregory and Abigail Starr of Albany, Clara Bartlett Gregory (?-1845) married George Catlin in 1828.


The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory)Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory)Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory)Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory)Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory)

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.