The purpose of this timeline is to show Oscar Wilde's references to nineteenth-century painters around the time he wrote (and revised) The Picture of Dorian Gray. This timeline links five works by Wilde--"The Portrait of Mr. W. H." (1889), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and "The Decay of Lying" and "The Critic as Artist" (both from his essay collection Intentions, 1891)--with paintings by artists he references within the work, also viewable in the linked gallery.
Timeline
Table of Events
| Date | Event | Created by |
|---|---|---|
| July 1889 | Wilde's short story "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." is published in Blackwoods MagazineIn July 1889, "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." is published for the first time in Blackwoods Magazine. Wilde later drafted a longer version, which was subsequently lost and not published until 1921. |
Castiel Lisko |
| July 1890 | Oscar Wilde publishes The Picture of Dorian Gray in Lippincott's MagazineIn July 1890, Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray is published in the American magazine Lippincott's. |
Castiel Lisko |
| April 1891 | Revised edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray published by Ward, Lock & CompanyLess than a year later, Wilde published a revised, expanded (but toned-down in terms of homosexual content) version of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Many of the words Basil Hallward's lengthy monologues are casualties in this revisioin. |
Castiel Lisko |
| May 1891 | Wilde's book of essays, Intentions, is publishedWilde's book of essays, Intentions, is published by James R. Osgood McIlvaine and Co., London. The book contains four essays: "The Decay of Lying," "Pen, Pencil, and Poison," "The Critic as Artist," and "The Truth of Masks." |
Castiel Lisko |