So many vintage photographs of two male sitters appearing intimately linked may be nothing more than

So many vintage photographs of two male sitters appearing intimately linked may be nothing more than platonic affection between friends or relations, but in this case they are undoubtedly lovers, as we know exactly who they are for a change, famous faces indeed!

queering:

Oscar Wilde; Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas by Gillman & Co.
silver gelatin print, May 1893
(via National Portrait Gallery, London)