Closing Scene at the Old Bailey
Item
- Title
- Closing Scene at the Old Bailey
- Type
-
Newspaper illustration
Drawing - Creator
- The Illustrated Police News
- Date
- 1895
- Description
- This newspaper illustration shows scenes from the trial of Oscar Wilde in 1895. It was published by The Illustrated Police News, a tabloid paper specializing in sensational stories about real-life crime that covered the trial heavily. The drawings show Wilde in court, and also the auctioning of his art collection to pay his legal fees.
- Format
- JPEG
- Place
- London, England
- Publisher
- The Illustrated Police News
- Rights Holder
- British Library Board
- Subject
- Oscar Wilde
- Media
- Oscarwildetrial.jpeg
British Museum, Great Russell Street, St Giles, Bloomsbury, London Borough of Camden, London, Greater London, England, WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
Media: Oscarwildetrial.jpeg