Autobiography of oscar wilde grave
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Autobiography of oscar wilde grave
Oscar Wilde's tomb
Tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France
Oscar Wilde's tomb is located in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France. It took nine to ten months to complete by the sculptor Jacob Epstein, with an accompanying plinth by Charles Holden and an inscription carved by Joseph Cribb.
As of the 50th anniversary of Wilde's death, the tomb also contains the ashes of Robert Ross,[3] Wilde's lover and literary executor.[4]
Commission
In 1908 Oscar Wilde's literary executor Robert Ross[3] chose Jacob Epstein for the commission of the tomb at a cost of two thousand pounds, which had been anonymously donated for this purpose.
Later, in a publication of letters between Ada Leverson and Ross in 1930, Letters to the Sphinx, the anonymous donor was revealed to be Helen Carew, with financial assistance from novelist Stephen Hudson (Sydney Schiff).
This was only Epstein's second commission, his first being the sculpture for the Holden-designed