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Fig. 2 Lila Vanderbilt Sloane Field

(1794-1877). The couple traveled widely and amassed an impressive Sources: https://archives.nypl.org/mss/6090 https://etchings.arts.
collection of books, stamps, coins, artworks, and crucifixes. Of their gla.ac.uk/catalogue/biog/?nid=FielWB https://snaccooperative.org/
four children, their eldest son, William Osgood Field (1904-1994), view/87746037 https://research.frick.org/directory/detail/2015 https://
became a world-renowned glaciologist. In 1902, the elder Osgood vanderbiltfamily.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/william-osgood-field/
Field gifted 84 Chinese, European, and Islamic ceramics, as well as 4 https://househistree.com/people/william-bradhurst-osgood-field
other works of art, to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and continued https://www.metmuseum.org/search-results?q=Gift+of+W.B.+Osgoo
to lend to the Museum regularly in subsequent years, including a d+Field%2C+1902&searchFacet=Art
significant loan from his print collection to the Metropolitan’s 50th
anniversary exhibition in 1920. In 1942, he bequeathed his books and
Edward Lear drawings to the Harvard College Library. Field’s personal
correspondence, documents, photographs, and those of his family,
are now held by the New York Public Library.

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