Call NumberZ-8797CreatorNast, Thomas, 1840-1902.SummaryCartoon depicts author Oscar Wilde commenting on western clothing. He holds boots and a wide brimmed hat that reads: "The Picturesque Miners in the Rocky Mountains." A money bag in his pocket reads: "Ugly." Boots on the floor hold cut flowers, a hat hangs on a pole with a sign: "For rain & sun." Writing reads: "Leadville." Sketches at the top show boxing, a liquor bottle, fighting cocks and two houses."Physical Description1 print : lithograph ; images and text 41 x 27 cm (16 x 10 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectAuthorsClothing & dressWilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711008797Type of MaterialIllustrationsPhotomechanical printsTear sheetsNotesFormerly F9049. Tear sheet consists of page 361 removed from "Harper's Bazar," June 10, 1882. Title printed on tear sheet, with: "Mr. Oscar Wilde lately delivered a lecture in New York on Art Decoration. He has grown stouter in person during his sojourn in the great West, and as he stepped upon the stage of Wallack's Theatre he was attired in a full suit of black velvet...In all his travels, he says, the only well-dressed men he has seen have been the miners of the Rocky Mountains."; R7110087974
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902., Wilde on U.S. Something to "Live Up" to in America. Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 26/03/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1131031
