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Althea Gyles

1904

Illustration for the one-volume publication of Oscar Wilde’s poem, “The Harlot’s House”

“Sometimes a clockwork puppet pressed A phantom lover to her breast,
Sometimes they seemed to try to sing.”

  • Oscar Wilde (homepage)
  • Text of “The Harlot’s House”
  • Cover of the British Library copy

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