- Samuel Stillman Osgood
Samuel Stillman Osgood (
June 9 ,1808 –1885 ) was a 19th century American portrait painter.Biography
He was born in
New Haven, Connecticut to James Osgood and Elizabeth Badger. He studied painting inBoston, Massachusetts . After his marriage to poet Frances Sargent Locke he continued his art education at the Royal Academy inLondon . [Silverman, Kenneth. "Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance". Harper Perennial, 1991. p. 281] Upon returning to America he settled inNew York City , where he was made an associate of the National Academy of Design. In1849 he went toCalifornia were he stayed nearly a year, prospecting for gold and painting portraits inSan Francisco .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.Gallery
References
*New-York Historical Society. "Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of the New York Historical Society." New York: Printed for the Society, 1915. [http://books.google.com/books?id=m19DAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA19&dq=%22Samuel+S.+Osgood%22&as_brr=1 googlebooks] Accessed February 29, 2008
External links
* [http://www.askart.com/askart/o/samuel_stillman_osgood/samuel_stillman_osgood.aspx Samuel Stillman Osgood at AskArt.com]
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