Fishing at Montmorency Falls, The Artist in the Foreground by William Armstrong
William Armstrong
Fishing at Montmorency Falls, The Artist in the Foreground
watercolour
signed and dated 1866 lower right
17 x 12.5 ins ( 43.2 x 31.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: April 19th 2022
Private Collection, Toronto
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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.
