Christopher Grant Perry

Christopher Grant Perry

Richard Morrell Staigg

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christopher Grant Perry (1812-1854), a physician, was the eldest son of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, who forced the British fleet to surrender in 1813 at the Battle of Lake Erie. He married Frances Sargeant on May 13, 1838.

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.