Title: The Wages of War
Object type: Painting
Date: 1848
Culture: American
Artist:  Henry Peters Gray 
Artist bio: American, New York 1819–1877 New York
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 48 1/4 x 76 1/4 in. (122.6 x 193.7 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Several Ladies and Gentlemen, 1873
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Soldiers, term: Children, term: Men, term: Women