Musée No:379.004 seated patron of the arts and

patron of the arts and fabulous eccentric

Albert Clifford Barney

Legend goes that the foreman of the bridge building was infuriuated by the slow pace of construction and he signed a pact with the Devil himself to speed up the construction

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

Musée No:379.004 seated patron of the arts andHester 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,