Wilde, Oscar. (1854–1900) [Sarony, Napoleon. (1812–1896)] Pair of Photographs from 1882 NY Sarony Portrait SessionPair of Sarony of New York cabinet photographs of the Irish playwright and leader of the Aesthetic Movement, taken at the start of his 1882 lecture tour of the United States and Canada by Napoleon Sarony, the pre eminent New York photographer of his day and one of the city's favourite eccentrics. During the portrait sitting, Wilde posed for at least 27 photographs, in various attire which he anticipated would be distributed to cities in advance of his