Record ID:
440373
Accession number:
MA 23777.2
Created:
[Washington D.C.?] : E.B. Duval?, 1882?
Credit:
Purchased for The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection as the gift of the Heineman Foundation, 2021.
Description:
1 print : chromolithograph ; 115 x 77 mm
Notes:
Title from item.
"Copyright, 1882, by E.B. Duval."
"E.B. Duval" is probably Everett B. Duval of the Washington D.C. firm of Morrison & Duval, publishers of advertising and greeting cards.
Blank on verso and lacks advertising text.
Forms part of a collection of Oscar Wilde trade cards and theatrical photographs (see MA 23777.1-7).
Summary:
Card shows a caricatured Oscar Wilde, standing full length, his faced turned to the left, regarding a sunflower with a dollar sign at center in a tall vase sitting atop a bag of money; his has a calla lily under his arm and behind him stands a small dog wearing a ruff of yellow flower petals.
Provenance:
Purchased from Swann Auction Galleries, Sale 2578, Lot 1, August 19, 2021.
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