Edward Armitage, an English painter, born in London in 1817. He was a pupil of Paul Delaroche, whom he assisted in the decoration of the "Hemicycle" in the school of fine arts at Paris. He first brought himself into notice in England as a competitor for prizes at the several exhibitions of cartoons and specimens of fresco painting at Westminster hall, London, in 1843-5; and he subsequently executed several frescoes in the new houses of parliament. He has produced many large and elaborate historical works, and is one of the most prolific painters of the modern English school. His range of subjects embraces sacred and profane history, allegory, and battle scenes. Some of his Scriptural pieces are conceived with originality, but he is deficient as a colorist.