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Isobel "Belle" Osbourne Strong Field (September 18, 1858 – June 26, 1953) was a writer and the daughter of Fanny Stevenson and sister of Lloyd Osbourne. Through her mother's second marriage, she was a stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson. Biography. Osbourne was born in Indianapolis to Samuel and Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne.
Isobel Osbourne (strong) field (1858-1953) The first child of Fanny and Samuel, Isobel “Belle” Stewart Osbourne, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 18, 1858. At the age of five she accompanied her mother to the Nevada silver mines to live with her prospector father.
An educated woman, Fanny was married at 17 to Samuel Osbourne, an officer in the Union Army. They had a daughter, Isobel “Belle”, a year later. Their lives changed when Samuel went to serve in the Civil War.
Frances Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson (10 March 1840 – 18 February 1914) was an American magazine writer. She became a supporter and later the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the mother of Isobel Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, and Hervey Stewart Osbourne.
Isobel (Belle) Osbourne (1858-1953) was RLS’s step-daughter. She was born in Indianapolis to Samuel and Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne. Both Belle and her mother were interested in art and became art students in Paris.
Mar 13, 2018 · He recalls a habit of drawing alongside his 12-year-old stepson Lloyd (Sam). He had married Lloyd’s mother, the American Fanny Osbourne, the year before. The pair had met years earlier in France, where Fanny was on an artist’s retreat while separated from her first husband.
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Oct 16, 2009 · Field, Isobel (Osbourne) Publication date. 1920. Topics. Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Publisher. Saranac Lake, New York, The Stevenson Society of America, Inc. Collection. cornell; americana. Contributor. Cornell University Library. Language. English. The metadata below describe the original scanning.
