The Picket, 1879
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Oil on canvas, Dimensions unknownCommentary
In the wake of his sudden success with The Charge of Custer, many of Trego’s other early works got good publicity in the Detroit Free Press. Were it not for this fact, we would not know about this work which is presumed lost.Exhibitions
Detroit, 1879: Angell’s Art Gallery (Detroit Free Press, 9 November 1879, unpaginated clipping in the William Trego Files, Spruance Library, BCHS, Doylestown, Pennsylvania)Reference
“It shows three United States soldiers creeping toward the picket line of the enemy. The figures are strongly drawn, artistically grouped, and well colored.” (Detroit Free Press, 9 November 1879, unpaginated clipping in the William Trego Files, Spruance Library, BCHS, Doylestown, Pennsylvania)< The Charge of Custer at Winchester, 1879 The Shepherd Boy >