Henry Arthur McArdle
Henry Arthur McArdle (June 9, 1836 – February 16, 1908) was an American painter of French and Irish descent. He was born in Belfast, Ireland on June 9, 1836, and immigrated as a teenager to the U.S. state of Maryland, where he studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art. During the American Civil War he was a cartographer in the service of Robert E. After the war he took a job at Baylor University and Baylor Female College and moved to Independence, Texas, where he was also known as Harry McArdle, with his new wife Jennie Smith.
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Henry Arthur McArdle
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- Name
- Henry Arthur McArdle
- Born
- 9 June 1836
- Birthplace
- Belfast, Ireland
- Died
- 16 February 1908
- Place of death
- San Antonio, Texas
- Spouse
- * Jennie Smith
- Field
- Painting
- Training
- Maryland Institute College of Art
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · cartographer
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Henry Arthur McArdle (June 9, 1836 – February 16, 1908) was an American painter of French and Irish descent. He was born in Belfast, Ireland on June 9, 1836, and immigrated as a teenager to the U.S. state of Maryland, where he studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art. During the American Civil War he was a cartographer in the service of Robert E. After the war he took a job at Baylor University and Baylor Female College and moved to Independence, Texas, where he was also known as Harry McArdle, with his new wife Jennie Smith.
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After moving to Texas he interviewed members of Hood's Texas Brigade who fought with Robert E. Lee at the Battle of the Wilderness, as research for his painting titled Lee at the Wilderness. In 1890, Texas governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross commissioned him for a painting of Jefferson Davis to hang in the capitol building. McArdle moved to San Antonio and continued to paint many scenes of Texas history. He is best known for his 1895 painting The Battle of San Jacinto, which depicts Sam Houston, and Dawn at the Alamo, depicting the final battle and first completed in 1875. The original painting hung in the Texas State Capitol building but was lost when a fire destroyed the building in 1881. He completed another version of the painting in 1905, which features Davy Crockett, James Bowie and William B. Both of the paintings were purchased from the family by the State of Texas after his death, and now hang in the Senate chamber of the Texas State Capitol. Widowed in 1871, he married Isophene Lacy Dunnington. They had five children together. They are buried together in City Cemetery #6 in San Antonio. In January 2015, a collection of McArdle's journals, correspondence, painting aids and other materials was placed online by Baylor University's Digital Projects Group and The Texas Collection. The materials, which were drawn from Baylor University's holdings and McArdle's descendants, are available for research via the Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections.
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• Name — Henry Arthur McArdle • Born — 9 June 1836 • Birthplace — Belfast, Ireland • Died — 16 February 1908 • Place of death — San Antonio, Texas • Spouse — * Jennie Smith • Isophene Lacy Dunnington • Field — Painting • Training — Maryland Institute College of Art
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• Illustration — The Battle of San Jacinto, 1895 • Illustration — The Battle of San Jacinto, 1901 • Illustration — Dawn at the Alamo, 1905 • Illustration — Portrait of Henry Karnes, 1905 • Illustration — Portrait of William Carey Crane, 1903
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Henry Arthur McArdle is recorded as painter and cartographer.
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1836
Henry Arthur McArdle born at Belfast.
1908
Henry Arthur McArdle died at San Antonio.
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- 1.Hazelwood, Claudia. Henry Arthur McArdle. Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
- 2.Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The McArdle Notebooks: Introduction.
- 3.State of Texas Preservation Board. Battle of San Jacinto.
- 4.Texas State Archives and Library Commission. The McArdle Notebooks: The Paintings.
- 5.State of Texas Preservation Board. Texas Transmits Herself to Posterity.
- 6.State of Texas Preservation Board. Dawn at the Alamo.
- 7.Fowler, Gene. Monument to Texas The History and Civics of a Texas Capitol Tour. Texas Highways.
- 8.Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections. Texas Collection – Henry McArdle Collection.
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