Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Wildeiana, 1858-1998
Set of American trade card templates satirizing the Aesthetic movement with caricatures of characters from Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience, about 1885
- Containers:
- Box Wildeiana 28, Folder 39
- Scope and content:
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Complete set of 6 American trade card templates with caricatures and quotes from various characters from Patience, including Bunthorne, the character based on Oscar Wilde. An additional card shows an example of one of these cards in use, with information printed for a clothier in Mount Vernon, New York. Purchase, 2023 (accession MS.2023.030).
Access and use
- Parent restrictions:
- Collection is open for research.
- Parent terms of access:
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The Clark Library owns the property rights to its collections but does not hold the copyright to these materials and therefore cannot grant or deny permission to use them. Researchers are responsible for determining the copyright status of any materials they may wish to use, investigating the owner of the copyright, and obtaining permission for their intended publication or other use. In all cases, you must cite the Clark Library as the source with the following credit line: The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
For additional copyright information related to Oscar Wilde, contact Merlin Holland (email: merlin.holland[at]wanadoo.fr).
- Location of this collection:
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2520 Cimarron StreetLos Angeles, CA 90018, US
- Contact:
- (310) 794-5155