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An Arthur Armstrong end paper

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Arnold, Ruth.
Date of Publication
1982.
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by Ruth Arnold and Irwin Richman
Author
Arnold, Ruth.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
34-[37] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 86, no. 1
Subjects
Armstrong, Arthur, - 1798-1851.
Painters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Author
Richman, Irwin.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 86, number 1 (1982), p. 34-37Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.86
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Arthur Armstrong

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Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1912
Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921. Title: Arthur Armstrong / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Armstrong, Arthur, 1798-1851. Artists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical
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by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1912
Physical Description
186-191 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
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.
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Armstrong, Arthur, - 1798-1851.
Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 7 (1912), p. 186-191Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16
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Arthur Armstrong Lancaster painter, 1798-1851

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Author
Arnold, Ruth.
Date of Publication
1978
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by Ruth Arnold and Irwin Richman. Photgraphs by Mark H. Dorfman.
Author
Arnold, Ruth.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1978
Physical Description
[62]-93 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 82, no. 2
Notes
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.
Subjects
Armstrong, Arthur, - 1798-1851.
Additional Author
Richman, Irwin.
Dorfman, Mark.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 82, number 2 (1978), p. 62-93Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.82
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Standard presented to Washington Grays

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Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Date of Publication
1931
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by William Frederic Worner.
Author
Worner, William Frederic.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1931
Physical Description
17-18 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 1
Subjects
Armstrong, Arthur, - 1798-1851.
Washington, George, - 1732-1799.
New York (State). - Militia. - Regiment, 8th.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 1 (1931), p. 17-18Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35
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