Henry Scudder Platt

Henry Scudder Platt

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Henry Scudder Platt (1798-1863) married Maria Frisbie (1800-1877; 49.18.2) about 1830. Family tradition has it that these portraits were painted on their wedding trip.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.