Painted portrait of Henry Champlin Lay
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Memorial Artwork
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Visual Work of Art
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Painted portrait of Henry Champlin Lay
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This portrait of Henry Lay, a priest in Huntsville, Alabama, then the bishop of the Southwest and later of Arkansas, is among the historical portraits of the founders and officials of the University of the South hanging in Convocation Hall. Lay was an enslaver and supporter of the Confederacy.
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Oil on canvas. Size: 36" x 46"
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1879
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Position: 68 (28 views)