Wilde (1854-1900) was one of the late 19th century's most infamous characters. In 1895 he was convicted of "sodomy and gross indecency" -- in other words, homosexuality.

Private letters written by Oscar Wilde and 'lost' for more than 50 years, including a note to his lover, have been presented to a library.

`I am true Love, I fill the hearts of boy and girl with mutual flame,” Lord Alfred Douglas wrote in 1892, when he was 22. “I am the Love that dare not speak its name.” And oh, he was ...

This took the form of a bitter conflict between Wilde’s lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and his literary executor, Robert Ross. Laura Lee’s new book, “ Oscar’s Ghost: The Battle for Oscar Wilde’s Legacy,” ...

The self-realization of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed Bosie.

Colman and her husband, Edward, befriended Lord Alfred Douglas, Wilde’s former lover, in 1943 after they were introduced to the destitute poet by a mutual friend.

The Irish writer Oscar Wilde stayed in a farmhouse in rural Norfolk, England, with his wife, Constance. He also stayed there with his lover Lord Alfred Douglas. And in 1892 he worked on his play ...

Towards the end of Oscar's time in prison, he had petitioned the Home Secretary to be allowed to have pencil and paper in his cell and wrote a long letter to young Alfred Douglas, which has since ...

Bid now on Lord Alfred Douglas visiting Oscar Wilde at Holloway Prison by Elizabeth Peyton. View a wide Variety of artworks by Elizabeth Peyton, now available for sale on artnet Auctions.