The Wages of War

Henry Peters Gray

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a group of six people in a landscape. A man lies on the ground, wearing a white cloth wrapped around his waist. His left arm is raised, holding a gun pointed toward the sky. A black helmet rests near his right hand. He has a shield behind his left shoulder. To his left, a woman in a blue and yellow dress and a man in a red cape and helmet stand. The man holds a spear. The woman has her arms around the man's neck. On the left side, a woman in a white and red dress holds a small child. A woman in a white dress stands beside them. The background shows trees, a stone structure with reliefs, and mountains. The sky is orange. The artwork is titled "The Wages of War" by Henry Peters Gray.