Oscar Wilde / Sarony. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Oscar Wilde / Sarony. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Oscar Wilde / Sarony.
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Oscar Wilde's head and shoulders are the focus of this albumen card portrait by Napoleon Sarony, the New York photographer who made some of the most recognized celebrity images of the 1880s. The print carries a copyright notice and a numbered Copyright Office entry, which show Sarony registering his studio work as a commodity. Wilde was then touring the United States and Canada on a lecture circuit about the Aesthetic movement, and portraits like this one were sold widely to fans eager to see the flamboyant young writer. Its card mount and albumen process typify the commercial photography of its era.
| Created / published | c1882. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on card mount : albumen. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1880-1890.Panel card photographs 1880-1890.Albumen prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 682 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibit loan 4221-L. |
| Subjects | Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,815 × 4,691 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220621 |
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