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Oscar Wilde photograph, New York (1882)

Source:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LOT 12385 [item] [P&P]: Napoleon Sarony, Oscar Wilde No. 18, 1882.

Citation:
Oscar Wilde photograph (1882), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

Record


Record-ID:
us_1882

Full title
"Oscar Wilde No. 18" photograph

Full title original language
N/A

Abstract
A photograph of Oscar Wilde taken by Napoleon Sarony. The photograph was the copyrighted work in the Burrow Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony case that dealt with the question of originality in the context of photography.

Bibliography
Farley, Christine Haight. "Copyright Law's Response to the Invention of Photography." 65 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 385 (2004).
Gaines, Jane. Contested Culture: The Image, the Voice, and the Law. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991.
Panzer, Mary. Mathew Brady and the image of history. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Portrait Gallery, 1997.

Related documents in this database

Author
Napoleon Sarony

Publisher
N/A

Location
New York

Year
1882

Language
English

Source
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LOT 12385 [item] [P&P]: Napoleon Sarony, Oscar Wilde No. 18, 1882.

Physical description
photographic print on card mount: albumen

Illustrations tables
N/A

Persons referred to
Sarony, Napoleon (1821-1896)
Wilde, Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills (1854-1900)

Persons referred to in commentary
Sarony, Napoleon (1821-1896)
Wilde, Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills (1854-1900)

Places referred to
New York

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N/A

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N/A

Legislation referred to in commentary
N/A

Cases referred to
N/A

Cases referred to in commentary
Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53 (1883)

Institutions referred to
N/A

Institutions referred to in commentary
N/A

Key words
photography, protected subject matter
portrait

Responsible editor
Oren Bracha




Copyright status

Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page).




Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ, UK