Sunday, June 11, 1882
(Afternoon)
The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 12, 1882, 8
This report goes on to describe Wilde's laid back posture as an "I'm-ready-to-dodge-any-defunct-feline-or-unsavory-hen-fruit-that-may-be-shied-at-me attitude".
The Marion Star, June 13, 1882, 4
The Milan Exchange, June 17, 1882, 4
Vine and Longworth Streets, Cincinnati, OH
NW corner of Third and Vine Streets, Cincinnati, OH
Rooms: c. 300
Wilde stayed at the Burnet House on the eve of his lecture. However, it is unlikely he remained there a second night as he was in Memphis, TN the next day to begin the Southern leg of his lecture tour. This would also explain why his lecture was a matinee: to give him time to catch an overnight train.
For more on the Burnet House see Wilde's lecture in Cincinnati on February 23, 1882.
Advertising poster for the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Patience that parodied Wilde and the aesthetic movement.
Published in Cincinnati, where Wilde was lecturing.
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