Civil War Regalia of Major Levi Gheen McCauley
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

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