Art Institute of Chicago
Civil War Regalia of Major Levi Gheen McCauley
George CopeLinkedCulture matchlcp-f8be930af5fe
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Culture
- United States
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 154495
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
George Cope was commissioned in 1887 by his friend Levi McCauley of West Chester, Pennsylvania, to commemorate Major McCauley’s service in the Civil War. He depicted the ensemble of military artifacts in a style known as trompe l’oeil (French for “fools the eye”). With its shallow backdrop, precisely rendered objects—including swords, medals, a leather belt and buckle, a Major’s kepi (hat), and a holster—and accompanying shadows, the composition is convincing in its illusionism, drawing viewers in for a closer look.
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- Credit line
- Quinn E. Delaney and Chauncey and Marion McCormick funds; Wesley M. Dixon Endowment
- Provenance
- Commissioned by Levi Gheen McCauley, West Chester, PA; by descent to his nephew, Louis G. McCauley, Binghampton, NY, by 1922; by descent to his son Robert G. McCauley; Schwarz, Philadelphia, by 1997; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2000.
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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