Mrs. A. L. Clements (Mary Louisa Wells)

John Wood Dodge

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The artist entered this piece in his record book for 1838: "Oct. 20 Ms Mary Clements / oval 21st & 9th Avenue 60.00." The previous June, Dodge had painted a miniature of Mr. A. L. Clements.

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