Anne Catherine Ward and John Ward

Anne Catherine Ward and John Ward

Anne Hall

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Anne Catherine Ward (1835-1840) and John Ward (1837-1838) were the artist's niece and nephew, who both died very young and were memorialized in this piece.

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.