Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900), Wit and dramatistSitter associated with 16 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 panel card, 1882
NPG P25
by Napoleon Sarony
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG P1133
by Carlo Pellegrini
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 24 May 1884
NPG 3653
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2265
by W. & D. Downey
cabinet card, 1889
NPG P2095
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Oscar Wilde; Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas
by Gillman & Co
gelatin silver print, May 1893
NPG P1122
by Unknown photographer
snapshot photograph, Spring 1900
NPG P317
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1881
NPG x82203
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, 28 May 1889, published 1891
NPG Ax15924
by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, 28 May 1889, published 1891
NPG x27397
by Alfred Ellis & Walery, published by George G. Harrap & Company, printed by The Vandyck Printers Ltd
photogravure, 1892, published 1915
NPG Ax199047
Oscar Wilde ('Men of the Day. No. 305.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 24 May 1884
NPG D44175
by Unknown artist
ink-photo, published 1885
NPG D16912
by Unknown artists
chromolithographs pasted onto wooden panel, late 19th century
NPG D39298
Related People
- Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (partner)
- Merlin Holland (grandson)
- Vyvyan Holland (Vyvyan Oscar Beresford Wilde) (son)
- Constance Mary Wilde (née Lloyd) (wife)
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