Oscar Wilde / Sarony. – Antique Print
(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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A window into the past: Oscar Wilde / Sarony., preserved in this historic photograph. 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 poses in a studio portrait by Napoleon Sarony, the New York photographer known for his celebrity sittings in the 1880s. The picture dates to about 1882, the year Wilde toured the United States and Canada lecturing on aesthetic ideas, a trip that drew large crowds and heavy press coverage. The albumen print on a card mount reflects the format of the period, when studio portraits were collected and exchanged much like calling cards. The record also notes a copyright held by Sarony, a sign of how carefully photographers guarded their studio work.
| Created / published | c1882. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on card mount : albumen. |
| Notes | 1047N U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22; No. 2883. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: Revising Himself : Walt Whitman" at the Library of Congress |
| Subjects | Wilde, Oscar,--1854-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 846 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109954 |
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