Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 7
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Arthur Armstrongs family included Revolutionary War Brigadier General John Armstrong, Sr. (1717-1795), Revolutionary War physician, Dr. James Armstrong (1748-1828), and John Armstrong, Jr. (1758-1843), President James Madisons Secretary of War (1813-1814). Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, is named for the John Armstrong, Sr. Into this prestigious family, Arthur Armstrong was born in 1798 in Pennsylvania. His leanings were artistic and in 1820, when he was 22, he opened a studio in Marietta, Pennsylvania. On September 25, 1827. He married Harriet Groff Wentz (1808-1896). He taught younger artists, including John Henry Brown (1818-1891) and worked in the Ohio River Valley in 1839 and 1840. By the time of the death of the regions more established older artist, Jacob Eichholtz (1776-1842) Armstrong resided in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1849 his studio was in the Mechanics Institute in Lancaster. In times of economic downturn, Armstrong painted signs and constructed and gilded picture frames. But when the economy was good, he painted portraits, landscapes and historical scenes. On the second floor of his Lancaster studio he exhibited Hamlet and Ophelia and a large picture of the Assassination of Caesar. This 1845 portrait of George Gordon, Lord Byron, from a print of a British portrait by Richard Westall, would have been among the artworks on display. Armstrong died at the age of 53 on June 15, 1851. He was remembered as a genial, kindly-hearted man. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.The Lancaster Historical Society owns the preponderance of his works. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, owns a particularly lovely double portrait Two Sisters with Puppy and Flowers, 1842.
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Contents
William ANDES / Arthur ARMSTRONG / Ivan BARNETT / J. Augustus BECK / Eva Stina BENDER / David BEDANN / Harry BOOK / Mary Magee BOWMAN / Harold BRECHT / John Henry BROWN / David BRUMBACH / Hattie BRUNNER / Helen BULLER / Jack BYERLY / Charles CARLSON / Miles Burkholder CARPENTER / Lester CARROLL / Jefferson David CHALFANT / Wilson CHAMBERS / Melissa COLEMAN / J. Adam DANNER / Jacob William DEICHLER / Charles DEMUTH / Milton DENLINGER / Mary Black DILLER / Thomas Jefferson DYSART / Jacob EICHHOLTZ / Lynn EMERICK / M. Irenita ECKLIN / Parke EDWARDS / Paul ESHELMAN / Evelyn FAVUS / Josephine Kieffer FOLTZ / Christian FORRER / Arlene FISHER / Helen FOSTER / Jacob FRYMIRE / Geraldine FUNK / John FUNK / Gail GRAY / Heinitz GAUGEL / Charles GRAFLY / Henry GRENAWALT / Pauline GOOD / Barbara GOSS / Eliot GREGORY / Walter HAGER / Eliza HALDEMAN / E. E. HAMMOND / Lois HARTING / Michael HEBERLEIN / Joanne HENSEL / Thomas HERMANSADER / John HERRINGTON / Richard HESS / H. J. HIPPLE / Peter HOFFER / Beatrice HOFFMAN / Henry HOLLENBACH / Claudia HOPE / Rick HUCK / John HOEHNERGARTH / William HOIN / Laura HUYETT / Edgar IMLER / Betty Ford ISEMAN / Kay JENKINS / Ed KAHLER / Constantine KERMES / Mary KOSKI / Dorcus KRAYBILL / John LANDIS (2) / Harold LAYNOR / Joseph LEHN / Edith LESTZ / Margaret LESTZ / LEUTZE / Henry LIBHART / Miles LIPHART / Stan LIPMAN / Gil LYONS /
Larry MACH / Lisa MADENSPACHER / Louis MADER / Jacob MAENTEL / Steve MANUEL / Jacob MARLING / Clayton MEYERS / Henry MCCARTER / J. Houston MIFFLIN / William MILLER / P. Buckley MOSS / Howard MULHERN / Robert NELSON / Blanche NEVIN / Christian NEWSWANGER / V. Kiehl NEWSWANGER / Dorothy NORQUIST / Walter PATSCHORKE / Caroline PEART / Luigi PERSICO / J. Earle PFOUTZ / Edward Charles PRAEDIGER / Clare PRINGLE / George Washington RALSTON / Peter RAUB / Lewis REINGRIEBER / Ludwig REINGRUBER / Les REINHART / Susie RIEHL / Luigi RIST / Warren ROHRER / Linda RUGEL / Jacob SAWYER / Laura Steigerwalt SCHOPF / Sheba SHARROW / Michael SIMONETTI / Richard SLAUGH / Madge SMITH / Doug STAUFFER / Doug STAUFFER / Elsie STAUFFER / David McNeely STAUFFER / Jacob STAUFFER / Ann STEEN / Grace STEINMETZ / Anne Tunis SUMMY / Al TAFT / Florence Starr TAYLOR / Henrietta THOMAS / Myrtle TREMBLY / Lewis Towson VOIGT / James VINSON / Ann Risser VASILIK / Leon VON OSSKO / Jeri WALTERS / Helen Miller WELLENS / Bonnie Singer WELTIN / Benjamin WEST / Carolyn WILLITTS / Barbara WIPPLE / Thomas WISE / Karen WENGER / Andrew WYETH / Lynne YANCHA / Bonnie YOWLER / Nancy ZINK / Aaron ZOOK
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
