Henry Arthur McArdle (June 9, 1836 – February 16, 1908) was an American painter of French and Irish descent.

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.

[2] 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.

[5] He completed another version of the painting in 1905, which features Davy Crockett, James Bowie and William B.