37.8 x 36.2 x 3.8cm (14 7/8 x 14 1/4 x 1 1/2") 54.3 x 51.4 x 5.1cm (21 3/8 x 20 1/4 x 2")
Accession #
NPG.79.171
Object #
5632
Credit Lines
(Brown Brothers Auction, Buckingham, Penn., 1976); purchased by (Patrick Bell and Edwin Hild, Jr., Olde Hope Antiques, New Hope, Pa.); purchased 1979 NPG Note: A later copy of Williams’ list of works includes a “Small Portrait of Benjamin Lay for Dr. Benjamin Franklin.” David Howard Dickason, William Williams [1970], 139. Franklin wrote to Deborah Franklin July 10, 1758: “I wonder how you came by Ben. Lay’s Picture.” The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 8, p. 92. It is not listed in Franklin’s will or inventory, according to Independence National Historical Park May 1979. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; this acquisition was made possible by a generous contribution from the James Smithson Society
