Isobel "Belle" Osbourne Strong Field was a writer and the daughter of Fanny Stevenson and sister of Lloyd Osbourne. Through her mother's second marriage, she was a stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevens
Osborne c. 1898
Allen Herbert’s House, 1896 watercolor painting by Isobel Osbourne, Honolulu Museum of Art
Isobel Osbourne designed a royal naval ensign similar to this for the Kaimiloa, the flagship of the Royal Hawaiian Navy.
Samuel Lloyd Osbourne was an American writer and the stepson of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, with whom he wrote three books, including The Wrecker. He also provided input and ideas on o
Isobel Osbourne
…Isobel "Belle" Osbourne Strong Field (September 18, 1858 – June 26, 1953) was a writer and the daughter of Fanny Stevenson and sister of Lloyd Osbourne. Through her mother's second marriage, she was a stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson. Osbourne was born in Indianapolis to Samuel and Fanny Van de…
Osbourne (left) and his stepfather, Robert Louis Stevenson (right), attending a Royal Luau thrown by King Kalākaua, Honolulu, Hawaii, c. 1889
Stevenson in Vailima. Lloyd Osbourne is sitting on the left.