"and for two years did no work of importance", then for six months she and her sister devoted themselves to nursing the sick and wounded in the Franco-Prussian War. "Then came her visits to Venice and Algeria, made familiar (to gallery-goers) by her pictures in the Grosvenor and elsewhere". At home, she also toured and painted among the Norfolk Broads. Osborn never married and died aged 97 on 14 April 1925 in the home she had shared for many years with Mary Elizabeth Dunn, 10A Cunningham Place, St John's Wood, London. Work and reception Osborn first exhibited work at the Royal Academy in 1851 with two paintings: The Letter (a genre painting) and a portrait of Benjamin Goode. Over the next three years she sent four poetical and literary paintings to exhibitions. Three of the paintings were illustrations based on works by Tennyson, Byron, and Collins while one painting was a mood painting titled Evening. In 1855, Osborn was paid 200 guineas for painting a group of life-sized portraits for a Mrs. Sturgis and her children and she also gained acclaim in the same year when her work My Cottage Door was purchased by the Queen. This acclaim and money allowed her to acquire a studio in 1856 and the following year in 1857, she displayed her most famous and acclaimed work, Nameless and Friendless, at the Royal Academy. From 1860 to 1870 Osborn enjoyed great success and critical acclaim. She started the decade off by having another one of her works, The Governess bought by the Queen and The Escape of Lord Nithisdale from the Tower, 1716 brought her more critical praise. In 1861, Osborn traveled to Munich to study and all four of her exhibits at the Royal Academy in 1862 were German themed. Later, in 1862, Tough and Tender was awarded a medal by the Society of Arts. Osborn won another award for her work Half the World Knows Not How the Other Half Lives, which was displayed at the Crystal Palace in 1864. The piece was awarded 60 guineas for being the "Best Historical or Figure Subject in Oil by a British Artist." Between 1868 and 1870, Osborn is believed to have returned to Germany and in 1870 she sent Lost to the Royal Academy from Munich to be displayed. This was one of her last critically acclaimed works as Osborn fell out of popularity and