Although Beardsley was foremost a decorative illustrator, ... the Edgar Allan Poe illustrations; only the best one, “The Black Cat” (ca. 1894), makes the cut.

Beardsley’s most celebrated artistic connection, however, is with Oscar Wilde. In 1894, Beardsley provided the illustrations for Wilde’s translation of Salomé, including a grotesque one shown ...

Ora Mae was born in Monette, Arkansas on October 12, 1938, the daughter of Thomas and Edna (Poe)Beardsley. On April 6, 1957, she married Charles Hager in Flint.