Recollections of Oscar Wilde - Charles Ricketts It highlights the print industry’s

It highlights the print industry’s inequalities and proposes a takeover of the history of the book

adequately crushed

Bridging numerous key art and design movements

style and an earnest make-believe that is refreshing in light of today’s hyper self-awareness and image saturation

chairs out of place and the remains of their last meal of the evening still on the table – and how painful it felt to put things back in order afterwards

Recollections of Oscar Wilde - Charles Ricketts It highlights the print industry’sRecollections of Oscar Wilde is one of the most evocative and charming texts ever written about Wilde and the circles he moved in. Charles Ricketts (1866 1931), painter, illustrator, theatrical designer and publisher, was one of Wildes closest friends; he also worked on stage productions and books with Wilde. He later set up his own, hugely influential presses. Shortly before he died he finally wrote this account of his friendship with Wilde, partly