Paris reuters for over a decade oscar wilde fans have flocked to a famous paris cemetery with lipstick in hand and left red and pink kiss marks all over the irish writer s cream colored grave.

Lipstick oscar wilde grave gif. Kiss goodbye to the lipstick on oscar wilde s tombstone 1 3 pg 31 oscar wilde 1 getty jpg merlin holland the only grandson of oscar wilde at the writer s restored tomb yesterday. Oscar wilde s lipstick covered tomb in paris kaushik patowary may 5 2014 4 comments the memorial of the famous 19th century irish writer and poet oscar wilde lies in a cemetery in paris. In 1908 oscar wilde s literary executor robert ross chose jacob epstein for the commission of the tomb at a cost of two thousand pounds which had been anonymously donated for this purpose. The monument to wilde who died in paris aged 46 in abject poverty features a flying naked angel inspired by the british museum s assyrian figures.

Email required address never made public name required website. Oscar wilde s lipstick covered paris tomb to be protected wilde s grave in paris has been restored after decades of unusual lipstick tributes a woman kisses oscar wilde s tomb. From now on his fans. Trackbacks are closed but you can post a comment.

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in. Leave a reply cancel reply. The tomb of the irish author and playwright oscar wilde designed by sir jacob epstein in père lachaise cemetery paris september 1961. Perhaps not very hygienic but a sight to see nonetheless.

Express getty images oscar wilde s lipstick. Published november 6 2015 at 2272 1704 in oscar wilde s grave. A woman in a red coat leans in to kiss the grave of oscar wilde who is buried at pere lachaise cemetery in paris in fact kissing the grave of the creator of the importance of being earnest. Log out change.

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