Figure 1.--This portrait is by C. Osgood. We have no information about it, however, other than Osgood was a Boston painter. Paintings without the boy's clothes are rather unusual. His curly hair style, however, is well depicted.
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Figure 1.--This portrait is by C. Osgood. We have no information about it, however, other than Osgood was a Boston painter. Paintings without the boy's clothes are rather unusual. His curly hair style, however, is well depicted. |
A Boston dealer reports that C. Osgood was a Boston painter, but HBC can find no further information about him. We have
one portrait that looks to be a 19th century work, but that is only a guess at this time. Unsually the boys clothes are not painted, but the facial portrait does detail
what looks to be a natuarally curly style. There was a time in the late 18th century that American painters executed notables in classical robes, but we do not believe that boys were painted in this manner. It is more likely that this was an expedient to produce a quicker and less expensive portrait. The painting itself looks to be well done, ot is not a naive piece. Without the dates for the artist, let alone the portrait it is difficult to use the porreait to futher our understanfing of hair style trends.
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