Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)

Oscar Wilde. Process print, ca. 1910.

1 print : etching ; platemark 27.8 x 27.8 cm

Oscar Wilde and a boy. Etching by J.E. Kelly, 1882.

314 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Sodom on the Thames : sex, love, and scandal in Wilde times / Morris Kaplan.

The Wilde century : effeminacy, Oscar Wilde and the queer moment / Alan Sinfield.

The trials of Oscar Wilde : deviance, morality, and late-Victorian society / Michael S. Foldy.

1 postcard : process print ; 13.7 x 8.8 cm

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Oscar Wilde

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Images featuring Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde and a boy. Etching by J.E. Kelly, 1882.

Sodom on the Thames : sex, love, and scandal in Wilde times / Morris Kaplan.

The Wilde century : effeminacy, Oscar Wilde and the queer moment / Alan Sinfield.

The trials of Oscar Wilde : deviance, morality, and late-Victorian society / Michael S. Foldy.

Oscar Wilde. Process print, ca. 1910.

Oscar Wilde

Images from the collections

Images featuring Oscar Wilde

Works from the collections

Oscar Wilde and a boy. Etching by J.E. Kelly, 1882.

Sodom on the Thames : sex, love, and scandal in Wilde times / Morris Kaplan.

The Wilde century : effeminacy, Oscar Wilde and the queer moment / Alan Sinfield.

The trials of Oscar Wilde : deviance, morality, and late-Victorian society / Michael S. Foldy.

Oscar Wilde. Process print, ca. 1910.

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