Description: OSCAR WILDE Vintage Autograph On a sheet of white lined paper featuring a printed letterhead with illustration of a flock of birds Measuring 4 1/4" x 6 3/4" Signed and dated by Oscar Wilde: "Oscar Wilde / October 26 '82" A NICE EARLY SIGNATURE Condition: some light toning at both folds Together with halftone portrait of Oscar Wilde from 1883, the year when hemade a short return to New York. ### Wilde arrived in America in January 1882 for a four-month-long lecture tour which stretched into a nearly yearlong stay. This signature was obtained in Bridgeton in southern New Jersey, 40 miles south of Cherry Hill, close to the Delaware Bay. It was there on October 26, 1882 he spoke to a crowd at Moore'sMusic Hall on the theme of "The Decorative Arts." It did not go well. Referring to him as "the notorious Oscar Wilde," one contemporary newspaper account of the event was critical of his Irish accent ("For a graduate of Oxford, he is neither a credit toward himself or his college."), his voice ("inelegant and grating to the ears of those who listened"), and his stage presence ("wholly unfit for the lecture platform.") This was Wilde's next-to-last lecture before leaving America. Oscar Wilde (born Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Willis Wilde) was an Irish poet, playwright and novelist. Works include The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Salomé (1893), The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). Born: 1854, Dublin, Ireland; died: 1900, Paris, France. George Houle Houle Rare Books & Autographs Palm Springs, California 92263 SINCE 1976 PAYMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 2 DAYS OF PURCHASE. Multiple purchases may be combined to save on shipping. All items are shipped via USPS - MAIL. International packages ship at HIGHER RATES. We ship WORLDWIDE via Ebay's Global Shipping Program. Ebay will send an invoice and will add any duties or taxes that apply. Please print out this page after your purchase as your LOA or COA. We Guarantee Authenticity Of All Signed Items! We Are Members of ABAA and PADA.
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