Oscar Wilde - Dublin, Ireland
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A bronze statue of Irish poet, playwright and writer Oscar Wilde is located outside Kennedy's Rub and Restaurant at 30-32 Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland.
Waymark Code: WM182FG
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date Posted: 05/17/2023
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A life size bronze statue of a seated Oscar Wilde depicts the Irish poet, playwright and novelist as a 14 year old boy when he was employee of the Kennedy's Rub and Restaurant. Wilde is seated on a bench. He is wearing a buttoned suit jacket, trousers, and a tie. In his left hand he is holding a broad brimmed hat. In is right hand he is holding a cane.
A brass sign above his right shoulder is inscribed:
Oscar Wilde at 14 years
of age had his first job
here in this Establishment,
stacking shelves and
earning a few shillings
in the 1860s
----
"Alcohol often drunk in
sufficient quantities
can sometimes bring
on the signs of
drunkenness"
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was a prolific writer of poetry but is best known for play The Importance of Being Earnest and his only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is equally well known for his wit and unorthodox lifestyle.
Wikipedia Link list some of his most important selected work:
Ravenna (1878)
Poems (1881)
The Happy Prince and Other Stories (1888, fairy stories)
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891, stories)
A House of Pomegranates (1891, fairy stories)
Intentions (1891, essays and dialogues on aesthetics)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Soul of Man under Socialism
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892, play)
A Woman of No Importance (1893, play)
The Sphinx (1894, poem)
An Ideal Husband (performed 1895, published 1898; play)
The Importance of Being Earnest (performed 1895, published 1899; play)
De Profundis (written 1897, published variously 1905, 1908, 1949, 1962; epistle)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol