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National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)
Benjamin Lay

Benjamin Lay, William Williams, Sr., c. 1750-58

WWilliam Williams, Sr.

Benjamin Lay

c. 1750-58 · Painting

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

Washington, D.C., United States

RoomEast Gallery 144

On public display.

Checked: 2 days ago
In this state since: Oct 5, 2026
Source: The museum

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Particulars

Accession number: NPG.79.171

What it shows

Social Welfare and Reform Person with dwarfism Books and reading Clouds Containers Person with a disability Reformers Printed Material

In the catalog

Paintings Oil Rococo 18th century

Sources

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)
Image: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian) — National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (CC0)

In the same room · East Gallery 144, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

John Winthrop, Unidentified Artist, c. 1800, after early 17th century original

Unidentified Artist

John Winthrop, c. 1800, after early 17th century original

Cunne Shote, James McArdell, c. 1762

James McArdell

Cunne Shote, c. 1762

William Shirley, Thomas Hudson, 1750

Thomas Hudson

William Shirley, 1750

Bishop George Berkeley, John Smibert, 1727?

John Smibert

Bishop George Berkeley, 1727?

Robert King Carter, Unidentified Artist, c. 1720

Unidentified Artist

Robert King Carter, c. 1720

Pocahontas, Unidentified Artist, after 1616

Unidentified Artist

Pocahontas, after 1616

On the same theme · Social Welfare and Reform

All works on the theme

John Greenleaf Whittier, Jacques Reich, 1899

Jacques Reich

John Greenleaf Whittier, 1899

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

Abraham Lincoln - "Passage through Baltimore", Adalbert John Volck, 1863

Adalbert John Volck

Abraham Lincoln - "Passage through Baltimore", 1863

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

Theodore Roosevelt, Pirie MacDonald, 1915

Pirie Macdonald

Theodore Roosevelt, 1915

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

Death of Romulus Hall, Unidentified Artist, 1872

Unidentified Artist

Death of Romulus Hall, 1872

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

Jenny Lind, c. 1860-70

Jenny Lind, c. 1860-70

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

Le Tombeau de Voltaire, 1779

Le Tombeau de Voltaire, 1779

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

Austin Steward, John Chester Buttre, c. 1857

John Chester Buttre

Austin Steward, c. 1857

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)

Theodore Roosevelt, Strohmeyer & Wyman, 1898

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Theodore Roosevelt, 1898

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)