an April Fool's joke played on Clemens when George Washington Cable arranged for 150 of Clemens's friends to write to him simultaneously, requesting his autograph. As part of the joke, no stamps or envelopes were to be provided for a reply. Oscar Wilde One of Sarony's portraits of writer Oscar Wilde became the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case, Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony 111 U.S. 53 (1884), in which the Court upheld the extension of copyright protection to photographs. Sarony sued Burrow-Giles after it used unauthorized lithographs of Oscar Wilde No. 18 in an advertisement, and won a judgment for $610 (the modern equivalent of just over $12,000) that was affirmed on appeal by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. Sarony later photographed the Supreme Court itself, to celebrate the centennial of the federal judiciary in 1890. Family Sarony was married twice. His first wife died in 1858; his second, Louie, reportedly shared his tendency towards eccentricity and preference for outlandish dress. She rented elaborate costumes that she wore during her daily afternoon walk through Washington Square, wearing them once before returning them. His brother, Oliver François Xavier Sarony (1820–1879), was also a portrait photographer, working primarily in England, who died in 1879. Napoleon's son, Otto (1850–1903), continued the family name for a few years until his own death in 1903. Sarony was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. See also Mathew Brady Alfred Cheney Johnston Gallery References External links A Biographical Chronology for Napoleon Sarony Article and rare pictures of Napoleon Sarony and his subject Mark Twain Portrait of Oliver Sarony (1820-1879) The Sarony Photographs of Oscar Wilde (complete) American portrait photographers 19th-century American printmakers Pre-Confederation Canadian emigrants to the United States 1821 births 1896 deaths Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery American lithographers 19th-century American photographers 19th-century lithographers 19th-century male artists