Discusses commonalities in the creative lives of British writer Oscar Wilde and literary artist Aubrey Beardsley during the 1890s. Beardsley's illustration of Wilde's play 'Salome'; Wilde's capitalization on his Irish background; How Beardsley overcame his provincial Brighton origins; Affection of the dandy's perfection of attire and cynicism; Beardsley's caricature of Wilde.