Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol
Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol
Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol
Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol
Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol
Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol
Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol
Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol
Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol
Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol

© the artist, courtesy of Pest Control Office, 2020. Image credit: Bob Cassey / Art UK

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A painting on red brickwork illustrating an inmate escaping from prison using knotted sheets of paper spooling from a typewriter. It is allegedly a depiction of Oscar Wilde who was incarcerated in Reading Gaol for two years in 1895.
Title

Escaping Convict at Reading Gaol

Date

2021

Medium

paint on brickwork

Accession number

RG1_BC_S035

Acquisition method

street art by the artist

Work type

Mural

Owner

Reading Borough Council

Custodian

Reading Borough Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

28th March 2021

Access

at all times

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Located at

Forbury Road,

RG1 3JJ

Located on the east facing wall of the former Reading Gaol.