"by posing the said Oscar Wilde in front of the camera, selecting and arranging the costume, draperies, and other various accessories in said photograph, arranging the subject so as to present graceful outlines, arranging and disposing the light and shade, suggesting and evoking the desired expression, and from such disposition, arrangement, or representation, made entirely by the plaintiff, he produced the picture in suit." This control that Sarony exercised over the subject matter, in the view of the Court, showed that he was the "author" of "an original work of art" and thus within the "class" of things for which the Constitution intended Congress to grant him exclusive rights under the copyright laws. See also List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 111 References External links The Sarony Photographs of Oscar Wilde (complete) United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Waite Court United States copyright case law 1884 in United States case law Oscar Wilde 19th-century photography