Wilde Collection (page 2)

Satire on the blue and white china craze, 1880
The six mark tea-pot: satire on the mania for blue and white china. An aesthetic young lady examines a teapot and exclaims to her gentleman friend(who bears a remarkable likeness to Oscar Wilde)

Cartoon, A Wilde Idea (Oscar Wilde)
Cartoon, A Wilde Idea -- Oscar Wilde, Irish-born playwright, depicted as a French soldier (a reference to the fact that he first wrote his controversial play, Salome, in French). Date: 1892

Frontispiece to plays by John Davidson by Aubrey Beardsley
Design for a frontispiece to John Davidsons plays by Aubrey Beardsley, featuring caricatures of Sir Augustus Harris, theatre manager; Oscar Wilde; Beardsleys sister Mabel (nude woman); Henry Harland

Kim Wilde Wannabe
A Kim Wilde or Bananarama wannabe with blonde highlights and a fetching string vest with an off-the-shoulder t- shirt and rather tight jeans ignores The Jam lookalikes! Date: mid 1980s

Salome title page by Aubrey Beardsley
Title page designed by Aubrey Beardsley illustrating the English translation of Oscar Wildes play Salome. The more obscene details were suppressed. Date: 1894

Salome, tailpiece by Aubrey Beardsley
Tailpiece to Salome, Oscar Wildes play illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. In this grotesque, a masked figure assists a satyr to lift the comatose body of a naked woman. Date: 1893

Cartoon, Oscar Wilde and William Wilde
Cartoon, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), poet and playwright, comforted by his brother William Wilde (1852-1899) in the face of American criticism of his play, Vera

Der Wilde Alexander, poet of the 13th century, greets his beloved while hes riding. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 412r. University of Heidelberg

Oscar Wilde parody, man and sunflower -- With yearnings for your intense joy. late 19th century

Caricature, Oscar Wilde as Romeo
Caricature, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) in the role of Romeo -- an American newspaper had recently reported that this was about to happen. 1883

Caricature of Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright
Caricature of Oscar Fingal O Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900), Irish poet, novelist, essayist and playwright. 1881

Salome Contents page by Aubrey Beardsley
Design by Aubrey Beardsley for the Contents page of the English translation of Oscar Wildes play Salome. A masked, winged, hermaphroditic satyr gestures to a lady in a long gown. Date: 1894

Ufos / Dewilde, Quarouble
During the great French wave, Marius De Wilde, a railway signalman, sees a UFO on the tracks, with two occupants

Caricature of Wiliam Wilde, Irish journalist and poet
Caricature of Wiliam Willie Charles Kingsbury Wilde (1852-1899), Irish journalist, poet and drama critic, elder brother of Oscar. Seen here sitting in the theatre stalls. 1881

James Plaisted Wilde
JAMES PLAISTED WILDE 1st BARON of PENZANCE British Judge Date: 1816 - 1899

Fauntleroy Dress 1889
Cavalier costume (a style that pre-dates the 1886 Hodgson Burnett novel): velvet tunic & knickerbockers, lace falling collar & cuffs, sash with bow on one hip & buckle shoes. Date: 1889

Chopin Funeral March
His Funeral March, interpreted by dancer Maud Allan (famous for her portrayal of Wildes Salome)

Play / Wilde / Beardsley
John and Salome. An illustration from Salome by Oscar Wilde, 1894. Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)

Penzance / Wilde / Col Lith
JAMES PLAISTED WILDE 1st BARON of PENZANCE Judge Date: 1816 - 1899

Penzance, Judge (Photo)
JAMES PLAISTED WILDE, lord PENZANCE judge Date: 1816 - 1899

Dorian Gray / Rosalind
Sibyl Vane, the actress who is the object of Dorians affections, on stage as Rosalind. Date: First published: 1891

Dorian Gray Walking Home
Dorian walks home through the dimly-lit streets. Date: First published: 1891

Dorian Gray at Party
Dorian attends a costume ball as Anne de Joyeuse, Admiral of France. Date: First published: 1891

Writer Oscar Wilde Giving a Lecture in New York
Oscar Wilde writer, lecturing in the Chickering Hall, New York Date: circa 1870s

An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde caricature
A caricature of playwright Oscar Wilde, acting the part of An Ideal Husband when it was playing at the Haymarket Theatre. Date: 1929

Richard Henry Wilde
RICHARD HENRY WILDE American lawyer, scholar and poet with his autograph Date: 1789 - 1847

Thomas Wilde Truro
THOMAS WILDE first baron TRURO statesman, Lord Chancellor Date: 1782 - 1855

Lord Penzance, Judge
JAMES PLAISTED WILDE, first baron PENZANCE judge Date: 1816 - 1899

Great Expectations - Waiting to see An Ideal Husband
Satirical card entitled Great Expectations. A group of women waiting to see a performance of An Ideal Husband (an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde) at the Haymarket Theatre, London. Date: 1895

Oscar Wilde trial
Envelope for Exhibits A and B in Oscar Wildes trial, 1895 Date: 1895

Oscar Wilde, death certificate
Oscar Wildes Death Certificate, December 1900 Date: 1900

Austrian Alpine Scene - Stubaital - Fulpmes
Austrian Alpine Scene - The town of Fulpmes in the Stubaital - an alpine valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the central valley of the Stubai Alps. The Ruetz river flows through the valley

Titanic postcard, letter, Turkish Bath ticket stub
An RMS Titanic postcard, a letter from Harry Wilde to My dear Norah & Edie dated 7 April 1912, and a Turkish Bath ticket stub relating to the Titanic disaster

Oscar Wilde Moonshine
OSCAR WILDE - some satirical comments

J. P. Mahaffy
JOHN PENTLAND MAHAFFY Irish scholar and tutor of Oscar Wilde

Being Earnest / Iln / Sketch
Sketches from the first production at St Jamess Theatre, London

Wilde / Nightingale / Passes
She will pass me by.... - the young student watches his beloved pass by

Wilde / Nightingale / Cupid
His lips are sweet as honey. - the Nightingales vision of the True Lover

Wilde / Devoted Friend
The Green Linnet

Wilde / Rocket / King
Let the fireworks begin, said the King

Happy Prince / Beggars
The rich making merry in their beautiful houses while the beggars were sitting at the gates

Happy Prince / Princess
The Loveliest of the Queens Maids of Honour

Lord Alfred Douglas / 1929
Lord ALFRED BRUCE DOUGLAS writer, friend of Oscar Wilde (in 1929)

The Toilette of Salome (Second Version). An illustration from Salome by Oscar Wilde, 1894. Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)

The Black Cape. An illustration from Salome by Oscar Wilde, 1894. Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)

Play / Wilde / Importance
A review in The Sketch with pictures of Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Lord Illingworth and Mrs Bernard Beere as Mrs Arbuthnot

Fauntleroy Costume Photo
Boy in a Cavalier costume (a style which pre-dates the 1886 Hodgson Burnett novel): velvet tunic & knickerbockers, vandyked lace falling collar & cuffs, sash & cavalier hat. Date: 1889

8th Marq. Queensberry
John Sholto Douglas, 8th Marquis of QUEENSBERRY Patron of boxing, responsible for the Queensberry Rules

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