Introduction : Harnett's objects -- Civil War relics and the end of history painting -- Text and the transformation of still life -- Specimens and the art of tr

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In his short but productive career, William Michael Harnett (1848-1892) became the great American master of trompe-l'oeil still-life painting. His works, popula