Graffiti Collection

Jean-Paul Sartre, French writer and philosopher
A graffiti comment on Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), the French writer and philosopher -- no doubt a witty reference to his existentialist philosophy

Borley Graffiti
Graffiti from the walls of Borley Rectory : Marianne - light - mass - prayers

Anti-Catholic graffiti, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Anti-Catholic graffiti on a wall in Belfast, Northern Ireland -- No Pope Here. Date: 1969

Children with IRA graffiti, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A group of children with IRA graffiti on the wall behind them, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Harrow School - 4th Form Room, with panelled walls covered with the carved graffiti signatures of generations of students, including the signatures of Byron, Palmerston and Archbishop Trench

Children in Falls Road area, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A group of children in the Falls Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Toads Mouth Rock, Hathersage, Derbyshire. Date: 1904

Muslim man leads mule and cart through the streets of Nefta
A barefoot Muslim man leads a mule and cart through the dusty streets of Nefta in Southern Tunisia. He passes a wall painting of Charlie Chaplin Date: 1987

Graffiti and cars New York

USA - Cars and Graffiti New york

Graffiti Havana, Cuba. Date: 2009

Che Guevara and graffiti, Havana, Cuba. Date: 2009

Graffiti and Che Guevara painting, Havana, Cuba. Date: 2009

Graffiti and apartment buildings, Havana, Cuba. Date: 2009

DANIEL AT THE FEAST
Mysterious graffiti appear on the wall when Belshazzar, last king of Babylon, is feasting, Daniel tells him, rightly, that they spell doom for him : the king dies that night

Irish gentlemen fighting a duel with pistols, Dublin, 1821
Irish gentleman Brian Boru and Naval officer Tarpaulin fighting a duel with pistols, Dublin, 1821. Seconds and members of the Duelling Society of Dublin attending

Man in beret, Aveiro, Portugal
A man wearing traditional black beret walks through a docks street in Aveiro, Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Old Lisbon street
A woman walks through a rough, graffiti daubed street in old Lisbon, Portugal. She carries a large sack on her head. First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1989

Albania. Shkodra. Five National Heroes Monument by Shaban Haderi

Cairo, Egypt - Roadside shop with posters graffiti etc

Boys playing hurling, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Two boys playing hurling in the street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Boys with IRA graffiti, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A group of boys stand in front of IRA graffiti on a wall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Israel. Jerusalen. Crusader graffiti in the Church of the Ho
Crusader graffiti on the walls of the stairs leading to the Chapel of Saint Helena, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Old city of Jerusalem. Israel

Twenty Embassy. Stockton on Tees 1970s 1970s

Boys playing football in Balham, SW London
Three boys playing football in front of a concrete wall in a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boy keeping goal in Balham, SW London
A boy keeping goal in front of a concrete wall in a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Graffiti at Cans Festival 2008
The Cans Festival 2008. Leake Street in the arches under the Waterloo Eurostar terminal transformed by Banksy and other Graffiti artists. Date: 2008

Inscription Rock, New Mexico
The inscription on a rock at El Morro reads: (translation): On the 25th of the month of June in the year of 1709 passed by here on the way to Zuni, Ramon Garcia Jurado

Big Stone - Cloughmore, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
The Big Stone - Cloughmore, Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland. This 30-ton granite boulder perches on the slopes of Slieve Meen, 1000 ft above the village of Rostrevor

Ira / Graffiti / 1960S
Two dirty boys stand in front of IRA graffiti in Northern Ireland Date: 1960s

VIVA VERDI
GIUSEPPE VERDI During the unrest in Italy in 1859, local people show their admiration for Verdi s, by writing Viva Verdi!

Boys playing football, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Street scene with boys playing football, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Soldier with riot gear
Photograph: Soldier of the 1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridges Own) in riot gear, Cyprus, 1956.From an album of 101 photographs, with newspaper cuttings

Suffragette in prison Votes for Women
A suffragette is seated inside a prison cell. Note the graffiti on the walls. The rhyme, addressed to the inmate reads, While you remain a suffragetteA velentine you ll never getWhat man would ever

Prison at Heidelberg University, Germany - Decorated Walls
Prison at Heidelberg University, Germany. As long ago as the 16th Century, citizen complaints about carousing students led the university to open a Studentenkarzer, or Student Prison

Graffiti on wall Cairo, Egypt

Boys with a flag, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Street scene, boys with a flag, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Man and boys on a street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Man and boys on a street in the Falls Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Boys on a window ledge, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Two boys standing on a window ledge in the Falls Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Toddler with IRA graffiti, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A toddler stands in front of a wall displaying IRA graffiti, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Medieval era. Ara of St. Fost de Campsentelles. Roman cornic
Medieval period. Ara of Sant Fost de Campsentelles. Marble. Roman cornice reused. Graffiti with signature of bishops. 10th-12th. Catalonia. Spain

Watchtower and strecht of the Berlin Wall in the Allied Museum. Berlin. Germany

Zodiac / Virgo (Maxims)
illustrated as an encounter between Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex (seemingly caught in the act of graffiti) Date: 1887

Schoolboys and teachers on a Christmas card
Two schoolboys and their teachers on a Christmas card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Punk in toilet at gig in Manchester
A punk with the rather apt word Unrest on his black jacket leans against the wall of a toilet at a punk gig in Manchester. Date: circa 1982

Man and woman cross paths in a northern street
A man and woman cross paths in a northern street. Above them is an advertisement for the News of the World newspaper, and in the distance some graffiti on a house wall proclaiming Armstrong Jones is

Roller Skates and Graffiti. Haverton Hill Teesside 1970s 1970s

Graffiti Kids. Haverton Hill 1970s Date: 1970s

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