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

IV. Works for publisher, George Barrie, 1892-1893

The biggest single commission for his paintings that Trego ever received was his work for Philadelphia publisher, George Barrie and Son, in 1892-93. Barrie was publishing a monumental book, The Army and Navy of the United States, and solicited illustrations from more than a dozen artists. The paintings were reproduced as photogravures, some of which were hand tinted. While the job brought Trego much needed income, it did nothing to advance his career since none of the works was ever exhibited publicly or critically reviewed.

• Quartermaster’s Department: Train of Pack Mules Attacked by Mexican Cavalry, 1847. 1892

• Field Artillery: Major Ringold Directing the Operations of his Battery, Palo Alto, May 8, 1846. 1892

• Study of Mexican War Officer on Horseback, 1892

• Artillery: Nine and Thirteen Inch Guns, Siege of Petersburg, 1864. 1892

• The Charge of the Fifth Regulars at Gaines’s Mill, 27th of June, 1862. 1893

• Horse Artillery, 1865. Going into Battery: Skirmish before Petersburg. 1893

• Siege and Barbette Guns, Rope Mantle and Oak Shutter, Fort Haskell, 1865. 1893

• Commissary Department: Baggage Train, July 21, 1861. 1893

• Study for "Horse Artillery...Skirmish Before Petersburg"

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