Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Wit and dramatist
Sitter in 12 portraits
Wit and dramatist; renowned as an aesthete from an early age; his unconventional behaviour, witty and paradoxical remarks, and dandified pose brought him notoriety; wrote a series of highly successful comedies in the 1890s, including The Importance of being Earnest. In 1895 Wilde was imprisoned for homosexual offences, as a result of which he published The Ballad of Reading Gaol, 1898.
by Napoleon Sarony
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG P1133
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 24 May 1884
NPG 3653
Oscar Wilde; Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas
by Gillman & Co
gelatin silver print, May 1893
NPG P1122
probably by Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas
snapshot photograph, spring 1900
NPG P317
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1881
NPG x82203
by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, 28 May 1889; published 1891
NPG x27397
by Unknown artist
ink-photo, published 1885
NPG D16912
after Sir Henry Maximilian ('Max') Beerbohm
relief halftone, (1894)
NPG D9983
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, 28 May 1889; published 1891
NPG Ax15924
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