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

II. Military History Paintings 1880-1887

In terms of his preferred subject matter—military history painting--Trego’s most productive years encompass the time he spent at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1880-1882) and the years afterward until he left the United States to study in Paris late in 1887.

Today these are also his best documented years, with the largest number of fine paintings extant.

• The Castillian, 1880

• The Dragoon,1880

• The Drum Major,1880

• The Hospital Guard, 1880

• The Trumpeter, 1880

• French Cavalry Officers, 1881

• Battery of Light Artillery en Route, 1882

• The Three Princes, 1882

• Colonial Officer on Horseback, 1883

• Soldier Adjusting his Footwear, 1883

• Two Colonial Soldiers, 1883

• The March to Valley Forge, December 16, 1777, 1883

• Driven In, 1883

• The Bugle Call, 1883

• The Story, 1883

• United States Cavalrymen, 1884

• The Pursuit, 1884

• Horse Artillery Unit, 1884

• Wounded Soldiers, 1884

• Battery--Halt!, 1885

• The Battle of Fair Oaks, Sumner's Reinforcements, May 31-June 1, 1862, 1886

• An Outpost, 1887

• Battery, Forward!, 1887

• Duel Between a Union Cavalryman and a Confederate Trooper, 1887

• The Pell Mell Charge, 1887

• The Standard Bearer, n.d.

• Artillerymen at Muster

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