Canadian [1822-1914]
Royal Canadian Academy
William Armstrong, the son of a Royal Irish Artillery officer, studied art in Dublin, and apprenticed as an engineer on the Irish and English railways. In the 1850s he was both a civil engineer, and a drawing master at the Toronto Normal School in Toronto ON. He regularly exhibited at The Ontario Society of Artists and The Royal Canadian Academy. The artist sold sketches of Canada’s first nations peoples to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Newcastle. While working as a railway engineer, he painted scenes of Manitoulin Indians, Lake Superior, Fort William, Plains and Foothills Indians.
CHIPPEWA INDIANS
watercolour on paper
9.25 x 7.25 in.
Sold for $ 2,300 – November 2010
FISHING UNDER A WATERFALL, ARTIST IN THE FOREGROUND; 1866
watercolour on paper
17 x 12.75 in.
Sold for $ 2,300 – May 2012
THUNDER CAPE, LAKE SUPERIOR
watercolour on paper
6.25 x 13.5 in.
Sold for $ 1,150 – May 2012
PADDLE WHEELER ON THE NIAGARA RIVER; 1852
watercolour on paper
6.25 x 9.25 in.
Sold for $ 936 – November 2015
S. BAY; 1891
watercolour on paper
6.5 x 9.5 in.
Sold for $ 936 – May 2016
SAILING VESSELS; 1880
watercolour on paper
5 x 8.75 in.
Sold for $ 862.50 – May 2011
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Artist: William Armstrong
Title: CHIPPEWA INDIANS
Medium: watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 9.25 x 7.25 in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm)
Notes:
signed & titled
LOT: 133
Auction: 2010 November | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: William Armstrong
Title: SAILING VESSELS
Date: 1880
Medium: watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 5 x 8.75 in. (12.7 x 22.2 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated
LOT: 201
Auction: 2011 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: William Armstrong
Title: FISHING UNDER A WATERFALL, ARTIST IN THE FOREGROUND
Date: 1866
Medium: watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 17 x 12.75 in. (43.2 x 32.4 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated
Note: Montmorency Falls
LOT: 378
Auction: 2012 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: William Armstrong
Title: THUNDER CAPE, LAKE SUPERIOR
Medium: watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 6.25 x 13.5 in. (15.9 x 34.3 cm)
Notes:
signed & titled
LOT: 377
Auction: 2012 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: William Armstrong
Title: PADDLE WHEELER ON THE NIAGARA RIVER
Date: 1852
Medium: watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 6.25 x 9.25 in. (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated
LOT: 265
Auction: 2015 November | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: William Armstrong
Title: S. BAY
Date: 1891
Medium: watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 6.5 x 9.5 in. (16.5 x 24.1 cm)
Notes:
signed, titled & dated
LOT: 167
Auction: 2016 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
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