Antoine Drury (French, 1819-1896) oil on canvas trompe l'oeil still life titled "Trompe L'Oeil, Liverpool," depicting two dead pheasants hanging against a wood-paneled wall with the stenciled word "Liverpo" (Liverpool, partially visible) upper left, next to a trompe l'oeil image of a tag reading "Mr. C.A. McDowell, Sundridge House, Oxford" (likely the patron for whom the painting was originally created). Signed lower left on a trome l'oeil image of a second tag, "Tony Dury 28 Church St. Liverpool." Labels en verso with title and conservation summary. 29"H x 21"W sight, 36"H x 28"W in molded giltwood frame. Note: Label en verso details the following biographical information for Antoine (Tony) Dury from Benezit: "Born in Lyon, France, 1819. Studied with Bonnefond & Picot at the Beaux Arts Schools of Lyon (1831-34) and Paris (1836). Exhibited in Paris from 1844-1848. In 1878, he resided in Warwick, England." Circa 1870. Provenance: Nashville, TN estate, ex-Sotheby's, July 8, 1999, lot 420. Provenance: a Nashville, Tennessee estate.