Oscar Wilde / Sarony. – Antique 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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Oscar Wilde / Sarony.
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Taken around 1882, during Oscar Wilde's lecture tour of North America, this card portrait came from the New York studio of Napoleon Sarony, who was known for photographing actors and other public figures. Wilde, then a young champion of the Aesthetic movement, was touring the United States and Canada and sat for many photographers. Sarony registered his images for copyright, as the printed notice on this mount shows, and sold them in multiple sizes. The albumen print on a card mount reflects the popular format of the period, when such portraits were collected and exchanged like calling cards, which helped turn celebrities into familiar faces.
| 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 | 10475N U.S. Copyright Office. No. 27; No. 2882. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibit loan 4221-L. |
| Subjects | Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,810 × 4,701 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220655 |
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