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eric3579says...A tribute to Oscar Wilde?
Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency with other men in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison. -wiki
HM Prison Reading was formerly known as Reading Gaol
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
BY OSCAR WILDE
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45495/the-ballad-of-reading-gaol
(Edit)
I also read somewhere Robert (Bob) Ross was a good friend of his, who he stayed with after leaving prison, and wrote "The Ballad of Reading Gaol".
makachsays...Could be a tribute to Oscar Wilde, about your *edit - could you have mixed up the personas?
Oscar Wilde
Born: October 16, 1854, Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 30, 1900, Paris, France
Bob Ross
Born: October 29, 1942, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
Died: July 4, 1995, Orlando, Florida, United States
A tribute to Oscar Wilde?
Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency with other men in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison. -wiki
HM Prison Reading was formerly known as Reading Gaol
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
BY OSCAR WILDE
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45495/the-ballad-of-reading-gaol
(Edit)
I also read somewhere Robert (Bob) Ross was a good friend of his, who he stayed with after leaving prison, and wrote "The Ballad of Reading Gaol".
eric3579says...Was referring to this Robert Ross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Ross
(Bob) was added to show the possible link Banksy may have been making between the two, but maybe that makes it more confusing.
Could be a tribute to Oscar Wilde, about your *edit - could you have mixed up the personas?
Oscar Wilde
Born: October 16, 1854, Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland
Died: November 30, 1900, Paris, France
Bob Ross
Born: October 29, 1942, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
Died: July 4, 1995, Orlando, Florida, United States
makachsays...If that is the case, that's a clever link! That didn't occur to me at all, but might very well be the case. @eric3579!
Was referring to this Robert Ross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Ross
(Bob) was added to show the possible link Banksy may have been making between the two, but maybe that makes it more confusing.
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