MRS. OSCAR WILDE AT HOME
And a rare photograph of her in profile
Below is an illustrated interview with Constance Wilde that appeared in the journal To-day on Saturday, November 24, 1894. In it she talks about art, home decoration, handicrafts, and shows off her autograph book.
The article features a rare photograph of Constance taken in profile which does not appear to have been published elsewhere.
To-day, November 24, 1894. p. 93
© John Cooper, 2025.
Oscar Wilde: The Complete Interviews
Edited by Rob Marland
For this interview, and over 200 more with Oscar Wilde, see The Complete Interviews by Rob Marland, available in two volumes in hardcover and paperback.
The books are a magnificent achievement in research, transcription, editing, and annotation. Their importance to Wilde historians is matched only by the pleasure to be had for curious and casual readers. And the closest anyone will come to traveling back and spending time in conversation with Oscar Wilde.
https://robmarland.co.uk/wildeints
Constance Wilde’s Autograph Book
Edited by: Devon Cox
In 1886, just two years after her marriage to Oscar, Constance Wilde started her own autograph book. On the pages of this little volume, she gathered the ‘crème de la crème’ of the fin-de-siècle world with ‘specimens of writing’ from some of the most famous authors, artists, statesmen, actors and actresses as well as musicians, social activists and spiritualists of the age.
Having personally selected each of the sixty-four contributors, Constance Wilde curated a book that duly reflected her own passions and social priorities, but which also offers rare and revealing insights into her personal life and marriage. The autograph book disappeared from sight for over a century until it was bequeathed to the British Library in 2003.
https://oscarwildesociety.co.uk/autograph-book