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Oscar Wilde. Process print, ca. 1910.
- Date
- [ca. 1910?]
- Reference
- 2059172i
- Part of
- The James Gardiner Collection. Photographs.
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About this work
Description
A printed photographic postcard of Wilde, published ca. 1910, taken from the photograph by W. & D. Downey, 1889. Wilde is frequently viewed as the first great martyr to the cause of gay liberation in Great Britain. His arrest and imprisonment for 'Gross Indecency with males' in 1895 sent shock waves through British society that still reverberate. So notorious and reviled was he that 'original' photographic images of him such as the catalogued item from around the period of his death became extremely scarce (James Gardiner)
Publication/Creation
Berlin-Wilm : Verl. Herm Leiser, [ca. 1910?]
Physical description
1 print : process print ; 13.7 x 8.8 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Oscar Wilde. 6635
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 2059172i
Notes
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer for identification purposes.
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
Romantic fantasy and comic postcards
Location Status Access Closed stores