Fonds C 333 - William Armstrong fonds

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William Armstrong fonds

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    CA ON00009 C 333

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    • 1856-1872 (Creation)

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    8 watercolours

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    (1822-1914)

    Biographical history

    William Armstrong (1822-1914) was an artist, civil engineer, photographer, and draughtsman who travelled throughout Ontario, painting scenes of native life, habitat and scenic landscapes.

    Armstrong emigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1855. He was a founding partner of Armstrong, Beer, and Hime, Photographers and Engineers, 1858-1862. Armstrong was named Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1880. He exhibited his work with the Art Association of Montreal, the Ontario Society of Artists, the Royal Canadian Academy and the Upper Canada Provincial Exhibition.

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    Fonds consists of water-colours which document Armstrong's trips throughout Ontario, and depict the following subjects : Goat Island and the American Falls, Niagara; Thunder Cape, Lake Superior; Black Sturgeon Lake, near Kenora; Numbering of the Indians at Wequamikoong, Lake Huron; Prince Arthur's Landing; and one unidentified landscape, most likely a military camp.

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        Copyright for this material has expired. Permission of the Archives of Ontario is required to publish any of these images.

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