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Oscar Wilde on our cast-iron stoves. Another American institution sat down on / Th. Nast. – Antique Print

Oscar Wilde on our cast-iron stoves. Another American institution sat down on / Th. Nast., [published 1882] — antique engraving
Oscar Wilde on our cast-iron stoves. Another American institution sat down on / Th. Nast., [published 1882]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Here Oscar Wilde is shown sitting down on a cast-iron stove, a stock image of the American household that the title frames as "another American institution" he has flattened. Thomas Nast, the cartoonist best known for his political satire, drew the scene for *Harper's Weekly* in September 1882, during Wilde's lecture tour of the United States. Wilde, then a leading voice of the Aesthetic movement, was widely mocked in the American press for his flamboyant manner and his talk of beauty in everyday objects. The joke turns on that contrast between the aesthete's refinement and the plain, heavy stove of a working kitchen.

Created / published[published 1882]
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1880-1890.Wood engravings 1880-1890.
NotesIllus. in: Harper's weekly, 1882 Sept. 9, p. 575.
SubjectsWilde, Oscar,--1854-1900--Journeys--United States. Stoves--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,271 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-186009

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