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Roses and rue : autograph manuscript of a poem signed, ca. 1884-1885.

BIB_ID
282133
Accession number
MA 7258.1
Creator
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Display Date
ca. 1884-1885.
Credit line
Gift of Lucia Moreira Salles, 2008.
Description
1 item (4 p.), bound ; 22.8 cm
Notes
An earlier draft of the poem, entitled "To L.L.," was used by Robert Ross when he prepared Wilde's Collected Works, 1908.
Written for Lillie Langtry.
Provenance
Gift of Lucia Moreira Salles in 2008; from the collection of Francis, 11th Marquess of Queensberry; sold at auction in London in 1951; offered by Maggs, 1953; location unknown from 1953 until its acquisition by Walter and Lucia Moreira Salles (year of acquisition unknown).
Summary
Being a poem of fifteen 4-line stanzas