Niagara Falls, Table Rock by William Armstrong
William Armstrong
Niagara Falls, Table Rock
watercolour heightened with white
signed and dated 1892 lower left
4 x 8.25 ins ( 10.2 x 21 cms ) ( sheet )
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Ottawa
Private Collection, Ottawa
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William Armstrong
(1822 - 1914) ARCA
William Armstrong was an artist and a civil engineer in the 1850s, based in Toronto as drawing master at the Toronto Normal School. He regularly exhibited at The Ontario Society of Artists and The Royal Canadian Academy. The artist sold Indian sketches to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Newcastle. Working as a railway engineer he painted scenes of Manitoulin Indians, Lake Superior, Fort William, Plains and Foothills Indians. A.R.C.A. in 1882. He was one of Canada\'s early explorer artists.
