Image Gallery

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in the Aberdeen Weekly Journal.

“A Sprig of Aristocracy from the Queensberry Stock,” Illustration of Lord Sholto Douglas in Sydney’s The Bird O’Freedom.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in The Boston Globe, based on one of the cabinet portraits of Wilde taken in 1892 by Alfred Ellis & Walery Studio, London, UK.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, based on one of the cabinet portraits of Wilde taken in 1892 by Alfred Ellis & Walery Studio, London, UK.

"Prison Costume of Oscar Wilde." Illustration from The Chicago Chronicle of British prison garb marked with the broad arrow.

"Treadmill in an English Prison." Illustration from The Chicago Chronicle of British prisoners walking the prison treadmill and picking oakum.

"Treadmill at Pentonville." Illustration from The Chicago Eagle of British prisoners walking the prison treadmill and picking oakum.

"Wilde Serving His Sentence." Illustration from The Chicago Tribune of Oscar Wilde undertaking hard labour in a British prison.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph, based on Napoleon Sarony’s studio photographs of Wilde taken in New York City in 1882.

Caricature of Oscar Wilde in L'Echo de Paris.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in L’Eclaireur de Nice, based on one of the cabinet portraits of Wilde taken in 1892 by Alfred Ellis & Walery Studio, London, UK.

"A Treadmill in an English Prison." Illustration from the Edgefield Advertiser of British prisoners walking the prison treadmill and picking oakum.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde with cigarette, cane, and fur overcoat in Adelaide’s The Evening Journal.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in Sydney’s The Evening News, based on portraits of Wilde taken in 1892 by Alfred Ellis & Walery Studio, London, UK.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in El Heraldo de Madrid, based on one of the cabinet portraits of Wilde taken in 1892 by Alfred Ellis & Walery Studio, London, UK.

Illustration of the Marquis of Queensberry in El Heraldo de Madrid, based on the portrait taken by Benjamin J. Falk at his photography studio in New York City.

Portraits of Oscar Wilde and the Marquis of Queensberry in London’s The Illustrated Police News.

Illustration in London’s The Illustrated Police News of the Piccadilly street fight that took place on May 21 between the Marquis of Queensberry and his eldest son, Lord Douglas of Hawick. Many newspapers confused the two sons, assuming the father had fought with Lord Alfred Douglas.

Cartoons on the Wilde trials printed in the Parisian newspaper La Lanterne. The panel on the left switches the protective vine leaves from front to back, alluding to allegations of sodomy during the trials. The panel on the right puns on the name of Wilde’s co-defendant, Alfred Taylor, depicting a young man named Oscar being booted when he admits to being friends with an English tailor.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in the Los Angeles Herald, based on one of the cabinet portraits of Wilde taken in 1892 by Alfred Ellis & Walery Studio, London, UK.

"On the Treadmill." Illustration from the Los Angeles Herald of Oscar Wilde walking the treadmill with other prisoners.

Illustrations from New York City's The National Police Gazette contrasting Oscar Wilde's life before prison and after prison.

Signed illustration of Oscar Wilde in The New York Herald (European edition) based on one of the cabinet portraits of Wilde taken in 1892 by Alfred Ellis & Walery Studio, London, UK.

Illustration in The New York Herald (European edition) of the Marquis of Queensberry, based on the portrait taken by Benjamin J. Falk at his photography studio in New York City.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in The New York Herald (European edition) at London’s Bow Street Magistrates’ Court after his arrest.

Illustration of Constance Wilde (née Lloyd) in The Philadelphia Inquirer, based on a photograph of her around 1891 by Kingsbury & Notcutt, London, UK.

Illustration of the Marquis of Queensberry in The Philadelphia Times.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in the Parisian newspaper La Presse, based on one of the cabinet portraits of Wilde taken in 1892 by Alfred Ellis & Walery Studio, London, UK.

Illustration in the Parisian newspaper Le Quotidien Illustre of Wilde walking the treadmill in a British prison.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in The San Francisco Chronicle, based on one of the cabinet portraits of Wilde taken in 1892 by Alfred Ellis & Walery Studio, London, UK.

Illustration of Lord Sholto Douglas in The San Francisco Chronicle.

"As Wilde appeared to Queensberry." Illustration in The San Francisco Examiner based on an interview with Queensberry reported in The Paris Herald.

"Oscar Wilde in Prison Garb." Illustration from The San Francisco Examiner.

"Oscar Wilde on the Treadmill." Illustration of Wilde walking the treadmill from The San Francisco Examiner, based on the illustration published in Le Quotidien Illustré.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in Adelaide’s The South Australian Chronicle

Illustration of the Marquis of Queensberry in Adelaide’s The South Australian Chronicle, based on the portrait taken by Benjamin J. Falk at his photography studio in New York City.

Illustration of Oscar Wilde in Melbourne’s The Weekly Times, based on one of the cabinet portraits of Wilde taken in 1892 by Alfred Ellis & Walery Studio, London, UK.

Illustration of the Marquis of Queensberry in Melbourne’s The Weekly Times, based on the portrait taken by Benjamin J. Falk at his photography studio in New York City.

Signed illustration of Oscar Wilde in Perth’s Western Mail.