Collection Highlights
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
Date:
ca. 1802
Object Number:
1972.12ab
Medium:
Silk, gold, enamel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Frances S. Osgood (1811-1850)
Object Number:
1857.9
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. ( 76.8 x 62.9 cm )
Gallery Label:
The Society received this portrait of Frances Osgood from the estate of Rufus W. Griswold, the critic and author, who was a member of the literary circle of New York to which Mrs. Osgood, a poet, belonged. The portrait was engraved by Robert Whitechurch for publication in C. D. Cleveland, "Compendium of American Literature" (1858, p. 600).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Rufus W. Griswold
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
