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Oscar Wilde quoted in graffiti on Reading Prison

A new artwork has appeared on the side of Reading Prison, quoting from a poem by its former inmate Oscar Wilde.The Banksy-style artwork, which was not painted by the famous graffiti artist, includes a stanza from The Ballad Of Reading Gaol, written by Wilde following his two-year sentence for gross indecency between 1895 and 1897.During his incarceration – a result of a disastrous libel suit against the Marquess of QueensberryÌý–ÌýWilde saw a soldier hanged for murder. Wilde wrote about his experience in the autobiographical poem in 1898. He died in Paris in 1900, at just 46 years old.The new graffiti appeared on a wall by the former prison overnight on Friday. Last March a genuine artwork by Banksy on the prison walls was defaced.
A new artwork has appeared on the side of Reading Prison, quoting from a poem by its former inmate Oscar Wilde.The Banksy-style artwork, which was not painted by the famous graffiti artist, includes a stanza from The Ballad Of Reading Gaol, written by Wilde following his two-year sentence for gross indecency between 1895 and 1897.During his incarceration – a result of a disastrous libel suit against the Marquess of QueensberryÌý–ÌýWilde saw a soldier hanged for murder. Wilde wrote about his experience in the autobiographical poem in 1898. He died in Paris in 1900, at just 46 years old.The new graffiti appeared on a wall by the former prison overnight on Friday. Last March a genuine artwork by Banksy on the prison walls was defaced.
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Credit:
Press Association
Editorial #:
1363420960
Collection:
PA Media
Date created:
January 08, 2022
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Rights-ready
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Clip length:
00:01:33:03
Location:
United Kingdom
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MPEG-4 8-bit H.264 HD 1920x1080 25p
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PA Media
Object name:
tvt_pa-116687