Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Luce Center
Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
Object Number:
1857.5
Date:
ca. 1835-1839
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. ( 77.5 x 64.1 cm )
Gallery Label:
Thomas Campbell was born is Glasgow, Scotland, and pursued his literary career in London. Among his best known works was a long poem entitled "Gertrude of Wyoming, a Pennsylvania Tale" (1809). He was also the author of "Theodoric" (1824) and "The Life of Mrs. Siddons" (1842). Painted by Osgood during a four-year stay in England in the late 1830s, this portrait is based on an earlier work by an unidentified English artist.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Rufus W. Griswold
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
