Beardsley & Wilde

Beardsley was an art nouveau artist/illustrator. A lot of people 'get along' with his work as it is very simple to 'read' and very aesthetically pleasing. The Yellow Novel is a cheap novel published in Britain in the 19th century; The yellow book magazine was illustrated through Beardsley. Oscar Wilde was carrying a Yellow Book, which he was banished from being anything to do with the Magazine because of such novel; which would indicate that there was suspicion that he was gay. That was considered a very negative thing for such book, therefore he was banished from being absolutely anything to do with it to maintain a healthy stigma behind the book.

Oscar Wilde was in prison for being Homosexual. It was illegal, hence imprisonment for Wilde having a year of hard labour. Wilde, a delightful poet, was accused of being Homosexual, but was actually married to a lady. He also had a child, but that didn't stop the accusations from being apparent.

( Polari was spoken, which would indicate you being a homosexual and sometimes you conformed to a dress code too.)

Oscar Wildes Headstone Controversy
The headstone was done in secret by Jacob Epstein. It caused offence because the sculpture of the angel had genitals showing, which very soon after being created, the genitals were hacked off for decency.

Jacob Epstein

Jacob and The Angel

This sculpture tells the story of the biblical book, genesis, (Chapter 32, verses 24-32). 

 Genesis