Musée No:379.004 seated He learnt to draw from

He learnt to draw from his father and at the age of 14 was sent to London to study with the marine painter Samuel Scott

Following the death of his father his mother moved the family to Europe in 1832

They lived in Switzerland

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Wilhelm Gottlieb (1769 – 1857) was a German naturalist and explorer

Musée No:379.004 seated He learnt to draw fromHester Artist: Oliver Ingraham Lay Date: 1880 Oliver Ingraham Lay (1845 1890), was an American portrait and genre painter. He started his art training in the States but travelled to France in 1860. On his return began his professional career as an artist, studying with Thomas Hicks, a landscape and portrait artist. He was a regular exhibitor Century Association and the National Academy of Design. He was best known for his portrait of General Grant,