Oscar Wilde's tomb, Monument in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France

Oscar Wilde's tomb is a stone monument in Père Lachaise Cemetery featuring a large winged figure created by sculptor Jacob Epstein. The inscription on the base was carved by Joseph Cribb and adds literary depth to the memorial.

Robert Ross, Wilde's literary executor, chose Jacob Epstein in 1908 for a £2,000 commission funded anonymously by Helen Carew, with help from Stephen Hudson. Epstein carved the 20-tonne Hopton Wood Stone block from 1911 to 1914; French customs charged £120 import duty on the stone. The tomb was unveiled in August 1914 by Aleister Crowley. Ross's ashes were added in 1950, and the monument was listed as a monument historique in 1995.

The epitaph carved on the plinth is a verse from Wilde's poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol. From the early 1990s visitors applied lipstick and kissed the stone, and the marks became a tradition; the grease sank into the Hopton Wood stone and cleaning made it more porous. Ireland's Office of Public Works treats the tomb as an Irish monument abroad and paid for cleaning and the glass barrier.

The tomb is located within Père Lachaise Cemetery and is accessible to visitors exploring the grounds. A protective glass barrier surrounds it, so please respect this when visiting.

The tomb's testicles were removed in a 1961 act of vandalism and are now missing; the cemetery manager reportedly used them as a paperweight. In 2000, artist Leon Johnson installed a silver prosthesis in their place.