Portrait with male sitter in red chair. Brown hair and eyes. White shirt with turned collar, white waistcoat with small buttons. Black jacket and cravat. Hands crossed in lap, holding piece of pink fabric. Gilt frame with floral decorations at corners.
In pencil on reverse "Geo. M. Wagner, grandson of Samuel Meching"
Artwork Details
Medium
Oil on canvas, wood
Made/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Philadelphia, probably Germantown
Dimensions
Height
39-1/4 in
Width
34-1/8 in
Depth
2-1/4 in
Relationships
Related Publications
Publication
Family Files: Wagner, Mechlin
Photo Index: Wagner, George-Box 6, Env. 6
Beehive: Wagner House
Obit. Mrs. George Wagner.
Family File: Mechlin
Archives: Smauel Mechling; Mechhling Family Bible: L1/21-51 p. 118
Beehive: Mechlin House
Photo Index: Mechlin-Wagner House
Lower Burial Ground-p.7-8, 22&23
S.F. Hotchkin, 1899 Ancient and Modern Germantown, Mt. Airy, and Chestnut Hill p. 30.
Provenance
Notes
Donor is daughter to William Wagner.
See GHS True Accession Book, #823- "large oil painting of Geo. M. Wagner, grandson of Samuel Meching. Presented by Miss Mary Jane Wagner on Jan 8, 1917."
