
Oliver Ingraham Lay, Self Portrait, 1882, oil on canvas mounted on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum,Given in memory of Charles Downing Lay and Laura Gill Lay by their children 1967.7.2.
- Name
- Oliver Ingraham Lay
- Also Known as
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Oliver I. Lay
- Born
- New York, New York
- born New York City 1845-died 1890
- Nationalities
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American
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Oliver Ingraham Lay studied at the Cooper Institute and the National Academy of Design, both in New York. For three years, he was a pupil of the portrait and landscape painter Thomas Hicks. Lay exhibited at the National Academy and became a member in 1876. He was best known for his portrait of General Grant, which hung at the United States Bank in New York.