"Oscar Wilde in America," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1882

Item — Box: Wildeiana 9, Folder: 6

Identifier: Subseries 2.3.

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains cartoons, caricatures, and other satirical or comic drawings of Wilde and his immediate circle. The subseries is arranged by artist name, and then by title.

Dates

Creation: 1882

Creator

From the Collection: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (Organization)

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 35 Linear Feet (30 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Also available on microfilm:

Wilde 39-2

General Physical Description note

Collage of caricatures of Wilde. Captions: "Let me tell you the reason why we love the lily and the sunflower." "Satire is the homage which ignorance pays to genius." "An aesthetic reception." These caricatures were also published in Lloyd Lewis Oscar Wilde Discovers America (1936).