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WILDE, OSCAR (1854-1900). Cabinet photograph signed and dated ("Oscar Wilde. July '91"), by W & D. Downey, London (imprint on mount), n.d. [circa 1891]. 165 x 108 mm. (6½ x 4¼ in.) including mount. A handsome image of the poet, novelist, and playwright seated in elegant dress, signed on the upper portion of the image.
"Born in Ireland as Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde... his The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the masterpieces of English drama. When asked upon arrival in New York if he had anything to declare, Wilde replied, 'I have nothing to declare except my genius'"--W.M.
"Born in Ireland as Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde... his The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the masterpieces of English drama. When asked upon arrival in New York if he had anything to declare, Wilde replied, 'I have nothing to declare except my genius'"--W.M.