George Cope · 1887
Civil War Regalia of Major Levi Gheen McCauley
George Cope
Civil War Regalia of Major Levi Gheen McCauley
1887
George Cope's 'Major Levi Gheen McCauley's Civil War Dress Uniform' (1887) is a trompe-l'œil painting by the Pennsylvania realist, showing the dress uniform, sword, pistol, hat, and epaulettes of a Union officer hung against a wooden wall. A textbook example of American trompe-l'œil still life, now in the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago