Oscar Wilde
Artist
Napoleon Sarony
(American, born Canada, 1821 - 1896)
Date1882
MediumAlbumen cabinet card
DimensionsImage and sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 7/8 inches (14.29 × 9.84 cm)
Mount: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (16.51 × 10.8 cm)
Mount: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (16.51 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.228
SignedArtist attribution with copyright on mount recto, bottom, in black ink: "Sarony / Copyright 1882, by N. Sarony. / 37 UNION SQR., N.Y."
InscribedTitled on mount recto, bottom, in black ink: "OSCAR WILDE."
MarkingsOn image recto, lower left corner, in negative: "12."
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of young man (Oscar Wilde) standing in front of a wall with his right hand on his hip. He's wearing a velvet vest and jacket with pants that end at his knees and tall socks.
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