# Gilbert Osmond — The Portrait of a Lady character guide

> Gilbert Osmond in The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mr. Osmond, Osmond

**First appearance:** 0019-xviii

## Who they are

A refined but cold and selfish aesthete who marries Isabel.

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