Life:
Osgood may have been an artist or patron connected with the decoration of Boston Public Library and the 'Osgood panels' around 1891 (#02188). One possibility is the reference was to the work of the American artist Charles Osgood (1809-1890).
Bibliography:
Groce, G. C., and Wallace D. H., The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860, New Haven and London, 1957, 1975 edtn.