Queen Victoria by Leonida Celdesi, 1857 Mies van der Rohe Portrait Fifteen shows Wilde reclining

Portrait Fifteen shows Wilde reclining on what appears to be his famous fur-lined green coat

Taken: July 1888

Repository: National Gallery PragueArtist: Egon SchieleOriginal Format: Gouache on paper

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It was difficult to tell the distances

Queen Victoria by Leonida Celdesi, 1857 Mies van der Rohe Portrait Fifteen shows Wilde recliningABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH Reigning during the largest expansion of the British Empire, Queen Victoria was granted the title of Empress of India by Parliament vote in 1876. Notably, she was the first British reigning monarch to be photographed after camera technology became increasingly popular, and was first captured on the camera in c. 1845. This portrait, commonly attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall in 1860, was in fact taken by Leonida Caldesi in