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Unseen Photo of Oscar Wilde as a Student Discovered
The rare Victorian album image showed Wilde among more than 50 men and sold above its £3,000 to £5,000 estimate, auctioneers said.
- On Wednesday, May 20, a rare photograph of Irish author Oscar Wilde as an Oxford University undergraduate sold for £5,308.80 at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in Cirencester.
- Discovered in a Victorian photo album, the image depicts Wilde among fellow students in the Cloisters of Magdalen College during 1876, four years after he arrived as an undergraduate in 1874.
- The photograph also features Christian Frederick Cole, the university's first black graduate. Chris Albury, specialist at the auction house, said "Fresh discoveries with this level of historical importance are increasingly rare and collectors clearly responded to the opportunity."
- Items sold alongside the Wilde image included a signed picture of Sir Winston Churchill on horseback and a rare group photograph of the Kennedy family from 1939.
- Wilde would soon become a literary giant of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, achieving global fame with masterpieces including The Picture of Dorian Grey that endure today.
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A photograph of Oscar Wilde during his time at Oxford University has been sold for more than £5,300 at auction.
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