Emily Mary Osborn (1834-??)

Very little is known about this genre painter. Osborn was born in England and moved to London with her family in 1848.

She studied art in London and later in Munich and began exhibiting at the Royal Academy when she was only 17 years old.

She had a long and successful career and her work came to the attention of Queen Victoria who purchased several of her paintings.

Emily Mary Osborn
Nameless and Friendless
1857
oil on canvas
Private Collection