Press Caricature in January 1882
- When
- January 1882
- Where
- Publication of Harper's Weekly, January 1882 issue
Harper's Weekly featured a caricature of Wilde as a monkey in its January 1882 issue, reflecting hostile press reception.
According to biographer Michèle Mendelssohn, Wilde was subject to anti-Irish caricature. Harper's Weekly put a sunflower-worshipping monkey dressed as Wilde on the front of the January 1882 issue, illustrating the hostile press reception he faced upon arrival. The supplied passage dates the caricature to the magazine's January 1882 issue but does not specify where the publication occurred, so no publication locality is asserted.
Sources
- Oscar Wilde Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-17
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