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| Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Charles Osgood, 1840 | |
First oil painting of Hawthorne; hangs in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. According to Rita Gollin the portrait may have been commissioned by Hawthorne's uncle, Robert Manning |
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| (courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, Gift of Professor Richard C. Manning, Acc#121459) | |
| citation: http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/images/image.php?name=MMD115eb |