Samuel Stillman Osgood
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Samuel Stillman Osgood (June 9, 1808 – 1885) was a 19th century American portrait painter.
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[edit] Biography
He was born in New Haven, Connecticut to James Osgood and Elizabeth Badger. He studied painting in Boston, Massachusetts. After his marriage to poet Frances Sargent Locke he continued his art education at the Royal Academy in London.[1] Upon returning to America he settled in New York City, where he was made an associate of the National Academy of Design. In 1849 he went to California were he stayed nearly a year, prospecting for gold and painting portraits in San Francisco.
[edit] Portrait work
- Frances Sargent Osgood
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Davy Crockett
- John Sutter
- Henry Clay
- Alice Cary
- Thomas Campbell
- Mary E. Hewitt
- Caroline E. S. Norton.
[edit] Gallery
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[edit] References
- ^ Silverman, Kenneth. Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. Harper Perennial, 1991. p. 281
- New-York Historical Society. Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of the New York Historical Society. New York: Printed for the Society, 1915. googlebooks Accessed February 29, 2008
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