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New York
Chickering Hall
Monday, January 9, 1882
The English Renaissance
First Lecture
Newspaper report
The New York Times, Jan 10, 1882, 5
Introduction by Wilde’s manager Col. W. F. Morse
.."I have the honor", said the Colonel in a clear voice that was heard all over the hall, "to introduce to you Oscar Wilde the English (sic) poet, who will deliver his lecture upon the 'English Renaissance.'"
Related:
For details of Wilde's initial accommodation in New York City see under Lodging in this review of his arrival.
Newspaper cartoon (left)
Caption reads:
OSCAR WILDE ON THE PLATFORM
The famous aesthete posing and "mashing" on his shape at Chickering Hall, New York City.
The National Police Gazette: NY, January 28th, 1882, 4.
Autograph (below)
Two days after his lecture, on January 11, 1882, Oscar Wilde signed the remarkable Lafayette F. Cornwell autograph book in New York with lines from his poem The Garden of Eros:
…creamy meadow-sweet
Whiter than Juno's throat, and odorous
As all Arabia -
[compare with similar signed fragment in Spanish Fort]
Chickering Hall
NW Corner of Fifth Ave and 18th Street, New York, NY (now 130 Fifth Avenue)
Built: 1875 (George B. Post)
Demolished: 1901
Related:
Oscar Wilde In America | © John Cooper, 2024
