Title: William Osler, "The Widow Gross", Sarah Woolley and William Willoughby Francis in Saint John, New Brunswick, August 1889
Location: Saint John (N.B.)
Date: 1889-08
Baltimore Period (1889-1905)
Physical Description: image.photograph.tintype
9.1 x 6.4 cm including borders
Image Number: CUS_046-031_P
Description: Portrait of Sarah Woolley, William Osler, Grace Revere Gross (left to right) and William Francis (in front). William Osler had just taken the position of physician-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and, after a visit to Toronto, travelled to Tracadie, New Brunswick in the company of his "nephew", Francis, to inspect a leper colony there. Mrs. Gross, recently widowed, was vacationing near there with Sarah Woolley, and the four met up in Saint John, New Brunswick. Osler and Gross married three years later.
Notes: Taken 1889, probably at St. John, N.B. L. to R.: Miss Sarah Woolley (chaperone) Wm. Osler (aspirant) W.W. Francis (me, an overdressed cupid) "The Widow Gross (defendant; afterwards Mrs. Osler) See "Life", p. 319 (transcribed from back of photo)
Subject Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919 -- Portraits
Subject Osler, Grace Revere Gross, Lady -- Portraits
Subject Francis, William Willoughby, b. 1878 -- Portraits
Publisher: Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
is Part Of: Cushing Collection
Image Is Related To: Back
This item is the property of the Osler Library of McGill University. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Osler Library.
Location: Saint John (N.B.)
Date: 1889-08
Baltimore Period (1889-1905)
Physical Description: image.photograph.tintype
9.1 x 6.4 cm including borders
Image Number: CUS_046-031_P
Description: Portrait of Sarah Woolley, William Osler, Grace Revere Gross (left to right) and William Francis (in front). William Osler had just taken the position of physician-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and, after a visit to Toronto, travelled to Tracadie, New Brunswick in the company of his "nephew", Francis, to inspect a leper colony there. Mrs. Gross, recently widowed, was vacationing near there with Sarah Woolley, and the four met up in Saint John, New Brunswick. Osler and Gross married three years later.
Notes: Taken 1889, probably at St. John, N.B. L. to R.: Miss Sarah Woolley (chaperone) Wm. Osler (aspirant) W.W. Francis (me, an overdressed cupid) "The Widow Gross (defendant; afterwards Mrs. Osler) See "Life", p. 319 (transcribed from back of photo)
Subject Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919 -- Portraits
Subject Osler, Grace Revere Gross, Lady -- Portraits
Subject Francis, William Willoughby, b. 1878 -- Portraits
Publisher: Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University
is Part Of: Cushing Collection
Image Is Related To: Back
This item is the property of the Osler Library of McGill University. For information about acquiring a copy and/or permission to reproduce an image, please contact the Osler Library.