Table of Contents

• I. First Works in Detroit, 1878-1879
• II. Military History Paintings 1880-1887
• III. The Paris Paintings, 1887-1890
• IV. Works for publisher, George Barrie, 1892-1893
• V. Portraits, 1880-1904
• VI. Drawings and Illustrations, 1880-1909
• VII. Sculpture
• VIII. Later Military Works, 1895-1900
• IX. Genre Works and Final Paintings, 1895-1908
• X. The Book
• XI. Photographs

The Drum Major,1880

Vital Statistics

Oil on canvas, Dimensions unknown

Commentary

The 1880 Louisville Exposition Catalogue, where the painting is listed as entry 249, and offered for sale at fifty dollars, is the only known reference to this painting. The work apparently sold, but is presumed lost.

Exhibitions

Louisville, Kentucky, 1880: Louisville Industrial Exposition

Reference

Louisville Industrial Exposition. Catalogue of Paintings and Statuary, 1880 (Louisville, KY: Courier Journal and Job Printing Rooms, 1880)

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