Wilde, Oscar.

Arthur Bellamy Clifton (1862-1932), a solicitor who eventually became a successful London art dealer (in partnership with Robbie Ross), was one of Wilde's oldest friends. Wilde lent him money to get married, and Clifton later visited Wilde in prison and was one of the few loyal friends who stood by him until his death.    

This brief letter is unpublished (not in Complete Letters).

See next lot for a presentation copy of The Importance of Being Earnest inscribed by Wilde to Arthur Clifton.