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image captionResidents woke up to the new Banksy artwork on Monday morning
Street artist Banksy has confirmed he was behind the artwork that appeared on the wall of Reading Prison on Monday.
The picture shows a prisoner - possibly resembling famous inmate Oscar Wilde - escaping on a rope made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter.
It comes as campaigners continue to lobby for the former jail to be turned into an arts hub rather than being sold for housing.
The guerilla artist confirmed the work through a video on his website.
The clip - entitled Create Escape - shows the piece being created under the cover of darkness, set to archive commentary from American painter Bob Ross.
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image captionAn expert said it did appear to be a new Banksy
An artwork bearing the hallmarks of street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of Reading Prison overnight.
The picture shows a prisoner - possibly resembling famous inmate Oscar Wilde - escaping on a rope made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter.
Campaigners have been fighting to see the former jail turned into an arts hub rather than sold off for housing.
The guerrilla artist has not yet claimed the work but an expert said it did appear to be a new Banksy .
The jail famously housed Wilde between 1895 and 1897 and was immortalised by his poem Ballad of Reading Gaol during his stay, which reflected on the brutality of the Victorian penal system.
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