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

United States Cavalrymen, 1884

Vital Statistics

Oil on canvas, Dimensions unknown
Current location unknown

Commentary

An 1884 Louisville exhibition catalog indicates that the painting was for sale at $250. Considering the price asked for the work compared to the other Trego work listed in the same catalog, it can be assumed that this was a much larger format work than Trego’s standard 24-by-30-inch canvas.

The work was purchased by the noted American art collector Thomas B. Clarke. While it would seem from the exhibition record that it would have purchased in 1884, Barbara Weinberg indicates Clarke owned it by December 1883. (H. Barbara Weinberg, “Thomas B. Clarke: Foremost Patron of American Art from 1872 to 1899,” American Art Journal 8, no. 1 [May 1976], pp. 52–83) It is unknown exactly when Clarke disposed of it or what subsequently became of the painting.

Exhibitions

Louisville, Kentucky, August 16–Oct. 25, 1884: Louisville Industrial Exposition

Reference

Charles M. Kurtz, Illustrated Catalogue of Works of Art in the Art Building of the Southern Exposition at Louisville, Ky. August 16–October 25, 1884 (John P. Morton and Company, 1884)

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