Mrs. Thomas Streatfield Clarkson (Elizabeth Van Horne)

Mrs. Thomas Streatfield Clarkson (Elizabeth Van Horne)

Thomas Seir Cummings

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Elizabeth Van Horne (1771-1852) was portrayed in mourning for her husband, the import and export merchant Thomas Streatfield Clarkson (1763-1844), whose brother was also painted by Cummings.


The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mrs. Thomas Streatfield Clarkson (Elizabeth Van Horne)Mrs. Thomas Streatfield Clarkson (Elizabeth Van Horne)Mrs. Thomas Streatfield Clarkson (Elizabeth Van Horne)Mrs. Thomas Streatfield Clarkson (Elizabeth Van Horne)Mrs. Thomas Streatfield Clarkson (Elizabeth Van Horne)

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.