John J. Wagner Family Portrait

Archie Thompson

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a full-body portrait of a family group on a wooden-paneled floor against a brown backdrop. The man on the left, sitting on a chair with crossed legs, has short light brown hair and is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and black tie, holding a newspaper titled "The Citizen." Seated beside him is a woman with dark brown hair, wearing a dark dress with a white collar, and next to her is another woman wearing a black dress with a lace collar and bonnet. There are children wearing various colored dresses, with one girl sitting on the elderly woman's lap. A dog is lying on the floor beneath the man's chair. The background is plain brown.