H Beard Print Collection
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This is a print portrait made in 1884. It shows Oscar Wilde, the writer and poet, dressed in a full-length style with a cummerbund. The print was published by Vanity Fair that same year. The artist used chromolithography, a color printing method popular in the 1800s. Wilde’s pose and the way the print was made reflect trends in Impressionism and Realism of the time. Look up Oscar Wilde’s other portraits at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
