[Literature] Wilde, Oscar. (1854–1900) . Autograph Quotation and Original Cabinet Photograph. Superb original Sarony cabinet photograph of Wilde, elegantly presented in an elaborate period mat together with an autograph manuscript quotation of one of Wilde's famous sayings, "There is a fatality about all good resolutions. They are invariably made too soon." Photograph in fine condition, quotation sheet with corner torn and well repaired. 11 x 15 inches overall.



The present writing originally appeared in Wilde's "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young," first published in the 1894 December (and only) issue of the Oxford student magazine, The Chameleon. In Wilde's famous libel trial of 1895, the publication came under attack in Wilde's cross-examination by Defense Attorney Edward Carson.