Oscar Wilde [photograph].

Record ID: 
404383
Accession number: 
MA 8916
Author: 
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896, photographer.
Published: 
New York, [1882]
Credit: 
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund, 2017.
Description: 
1 photographic print ; 145 x 104 mm; on card: 165 x 107 mm
Notes: 

Photograph is mounted to a card with "Oscar Wilde / Copyright 1882, by N. Sarony. / 37 Union Sqr., N.Y." printed below.

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Inscribed to Edward W. Bok, and signed and dated by Wilde New York City, May 12, 1882.

Summary: 

A cabinet card with a sepia-toned three-quarter-length, three-quarter profile portrait of Oscar Wilde, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and holding a walking stick.

Provenance: 
Peter O'Toole; purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund, 2017.
Classification: