Oscar Wilde's tomb

Oscar Wilde's tomb
Oscar Wilde's tomb
	The tomb in 2009 (pre-barrier)
Artist	Jacob Epstein
Year	August 1914
Type	Carving
Medium	Hopton Wood stone
Location	Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France
	48°51′43″N 2°23′53″E / 48.861889°N 2.398139°E

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^[1] and an inscription carved by Joseph Cribb.^[2] 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]

^ Pennington (1987), p. 42.
^ Pennington (1987), p. 50.
^ Cite error: The named reference Cork1999 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "The Scandal of the Tomb of Oscar Wilde". Oscar Wilde House. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

[FOOTNOTEPennington198742-1] Pennington (1987), p. 42.

[FOOTNOTEPennington198750-2] Pennington (1987), p. 50.

[Cork1999-3] Cite error: The named reference Cork1999 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "The Scandal of the Tomb of Oscar Wilde". Oscar Wilde House. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

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