Mrs. William Gordon Ver Planck and Her Son Samuel Hopkins Ver Planck

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mary Elizabeth Hopkins married William Gordon Ver Planck in 1826. Their son Samuel was born in 1827. The identification is based on the family history of the piece: the donor was the husband of Samuel's granddaughter, Margarita Schuyler Ver Planck.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art