
Mr. Cook
John Wesley Jarvis
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
James (or John) W. Cook (or Cooke) was the first husband of Anna Milner, who married James Jarvis in 1817, after Cook's death. The miniature descended in her family.
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.