Légende

Caricature of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, 1914. The relationship between Irish playwright and author Wilde (1854-1900) and his younger lover, poet and journalist Lord Alfred Douglas (1870-1945), was the subject of a scandal and court case. Wilde was sent to prison for 'sodomy', and Douglas converted to Catholicism. From "Oscar Wilde and Myself" by Lord Alfred Douglas. [London, 1914].

Date

1914

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A16_170

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (1,2Mo) / 44,2cm x 28,3cm / 5216 x 3347 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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