Forge National Historical Park. A book was published about Trego's life, So Bravely and So Well: The Life and Art of William T. Trego, by Joseph P. Eckhardt, in 2011. Collections Trego's work is represented in many permanent collections including: Illustration for the Century - Smithsonian Institution, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Horse Artillery Going into Battery, Petersburg, Va. and A Mortar Battery Firing - United States Department of the Army, United States Military Academy, West Point Museum Battery of Light Artillery En Route - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts The March to Valley Forge (1883) - The American Revolution Center The Chariot Race (1908) and Civil War Battle Scene (1887) - James A. Michener Art Museum Hancock's Corps Assaulting the Works at the "Bloody Angle" (1887) - Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Jonathan K. Trego (1817–1901) and The Rescue of the Colors - Bucks County Historical Society Exhibitions and awards Michigan State Fair, 1879 - The Charge of Custer at Winchester Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1882 - Toppan Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1883 - Temple Silver Medal, The March to Valley Forge Paris Salon, 1889 Paris Salon, 1890 World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia American Art Society, Silver Medal, 1902 National Academy of Design exhibition, New York, 1909 - The Chariot Race from Ben Hur James A. Michener Art Museum exhibition, Doylestown, PA, 2011 - Various works Gallery See also Artists of stamps of the United States References Further reading Gemmill, Helen Hartman. William B. T. Trego: the artist with paralyzed hands, Antiques, November 1983, pp. 994–999. Sozanski, Edward J. A forgotten painter of military history: William T. Trego's life and career unfold first as inspiration, then as tragedy, which makes the exhibition of his art at the James A. Michener Art Museum alternately fascinating and sad, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 12, 2011 Archived External links James A. Michener Art Museum: Bucks County Artists - William B. T. Trego SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information System) - Trego, William Brooke Thomas, 1859-1909, painter Smithsonian - American Bicentennial Issues: Souvenir Sheets 31c Washington Reviewing Army at Valley Forge sheet of 5 The Reporter - Recognizing fame - Sunday February 10, 2008 The William B.T. Trego Centenary Project William B. T. Trego Website 1859 births 1909 deaths 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters 20th-century American painters Realist painters Military