BIB_ID
282140
Accession number
MA 7258.1-14
Creator
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Display Date
1891-1894 and undated.
Credit line
Gift of Lucia Moreira Salles, 2008.
Description
1 v. (53 p.), bound ; 37.3 cm
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
Collection consists of autograph manuscripts of eight poems ("Rose and Rue," "House of Judgment," "The Artist," "The Doer of Good," "The Disciple," "The Master," "Under the Balcony," and "La Dame Jaune"), one story ("The Selfish Giant") in the hand of Constance Wilde, and five autograph letters of which four letters are from Wilde (to Lord Douglas, George Kersley, John Lane and Bernulf Clegg) and one letter to Wilde from Bernulf Clegg. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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