The Daily Graphic, 1882.01.19

Front-page caricature of Oscar Wilde from New York’s The Daily Graphic newspaper, January 19, 1882. Caption under the drawing states: "Boston Aestheticism Versus Oscar Wilde. The Old Lady of Beacon Hill--'No, Sir. Shoddy New York may…

Oscar Wilde, 1882

Albumen photograph of Oscar Wilde, 1882

Tintype

Torney

Back of Leighton and Sturgeon Photo

Notes on the back of the 1889 photo of Jack Leighton and Ted Sturgeon dressed as women

Leighton and Sturgeon, 1889

Photo: Jack Leighton and Ted Sturgeon, 1889

Kertbeny, 1880

Partial translation: [Hungarian poet] Petofi’s Death Thirty Years Ago in 1849…Historical-Literary Data and Discoveries Compiled by K.M. Kertbeny, 1880

Joseph and Hist Friend

Title page from Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania, 1870 edition

John Addington Symonds, 1895

Frontis portrait of John Addington Symonds from volume one (of a two volume set) of John Addington Symonds: A Biography: Compiled from His Papers and Correspondence by Horatio F. Brown; London: John C. Nimmo, 1895

Mathematical Tables

Title page of Mathematical Tables Chiefly to Four Figures by James Mills Peirce, 1896

Rufus King, 1854

Portrait of William Rufus King: Frontis portrait from Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. William R. King. Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, and in the Supreme Court of the United States, Eight and Ninth…

James Buchanan circa 1860

Print of James Buchanan, circa 1860

Psychopathia Sexualis

Title page of Dr. Richard von Krafft-Ebing’s influential book, Psychopathia Sexualis, 1893 edition

Dr. Emily Blackwell circa 1880

Albumen photograph of Dr. Emily Blackwell, circa 1880’s

Love's Coming of Age

Title page from "Love’s Coming of Age," 1911

Edward Carpenter, 1907

Frontis portrait of Edward Carpenter from "Towards Democracy: Complete Edition in Four Parts"; London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Limited / Manchester: S. Clarke, 1907

Charlotte Cushman as Romeo

Print, circa 1845, of Charlotte Cushman as Romeo and her sister, Susan, as Juliet

Charlotte Cushman circa 1870

Photograph of Charlotte Cushman, circa 1870

Ella Wesner circa 1872

Carte de visite photograph of Ella Wesner, circa 1872

Abraham Lincoln circa 1864

Carte de visite photograph of Abraham Lincoln, circa 1864