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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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Jacob Eshleman Warfer, painter

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1912
-1921. Title: Jacob Eshleman Warfer, painter / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Warfel, Jacob Eshleman, 1826-1855. Artists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1912
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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
251-252 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 16, no. 8
Subjects
Warfel, Jacob Eshleman, - 1826-1855.
Artists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 16, number 8 (1912), p. 251-252Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.16
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Lancaster County loyalists

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1908
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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
1908
Physical Description
[243]-278 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 7
Subjects
American loyalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1783.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 7 (1908), p. 243-278Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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Notes on Colonel Houssacker

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1906
loyalists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: 304-309 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 8 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.10 Location: LCHSJL
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1906
Physical Description
304-309 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 8
Subjects
Houssacker, k Nicholas, - d. 1786.
American loyalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 10, number 8 (1906), p. 304-309Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10
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