British street artist Banksy unveiled his latest work in central London on Monday amid speculation over an identical second work which has appeared elsewhere in the city.
The black and white mural painted on the side of an old building in Bayswater shows two people, probably children, in winter hats and Wellington boots lying down, looking up and pointing to the sky.
Banksy, whose real identity has not been revealed, posted an image of the work on his official Instagram account on Monday.
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A wide-angle photo of the artwork at Queen’s Mews, in Bayswater, made it look as if the people in the image are lying on top of a corrugated iron roof garage, part way up a two-storey building.
In the photo on Banksy’s Instagram post, there is an overflowing skip in an alley next to the garage, spilling its rubbish on the pavement.
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Above the building towers a crane, with a red light visible at night at the top – perhaps an allusion to a Christmas tree.
An almost identical artwork also appeared a few miles away under the multi-storey Centre Point building in Tottenham Court Road, where the two children can be seen looking up at the London skyscraper.