Oscar Wilde, Portrait Fifteen, 1882, Colorized Size:(A4) Small Painted: 1917

Painted: 1917

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Taken: 1896Location: San Francisco

Just one thing was certain

1963Location: Washington

Oscar Wilde, Portrait Fifteen, 1882, Colorized Size:(A4) Small Painted: 1917ABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH The imposing Irish poet Oscar Wilde began a lecture tour of the United States in 1882, captured by celebrity photographer of the day, Napoleon Sarony, at his studio at 37 Union Square. Of the thirty two known portraits of Wilde by Sarony, most were taken in January 1882. Portrait Fifteen shows Wilde reclining on what appears to be his famous fur lined green coat, surrounded by Turkish carpets; wearing (unbelievably for the time)