Oliver Ingraham Lay

Oliver Ingraham Lay (c. 1845-1890), was an American portrait painter.

Lay received his earliest art education in the United States. He traveled to Europe in 1860 he returned to the United States and began his professional career as an artist. He was an exhibitor at the Century Association and the National Academy of Design. His clients included President Ulysses S. Grant and actor Edwin Booth.

He died on June 28, 1890, in Stratford, Connecticut. He was buried at the New York Cemetery Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum.

He was married to Hester Marian Wait Lay (1845-1900). They had a son, Charles Lay, He also has a collection of documents at the Archives of American Art.

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