Genre of writing or drawing etched, scratched, scribbled, or sprayed (often, but not always illicitly) on a wall or other surface in a public place
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Graffiti
![The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0011828/full/320%2C/0/default.jpg)
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A brick wall bearing graffiti in English and Spanish about AIDS and bottles of bleach with a billboard advertising the AIDS Information Line; advertisement by the Colorado Department of Health, Denver AIDS Prevention and Project Safe. Graffiti by Zoom One and Vince Manolo. Colour lithograph by Julee Wilets, 1989.
Date: [1989]Reference: 667863i
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The Hospital of Bethlem [Bedlam] at Moorfields, London: seen from the south, with three people in the foreground. Etching by J. T. Smith after himself, 1814.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 15 September 1814Reference: 25640i
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A green wall bearing numerous German graffiti phrases about sex with a pair of lips, a drawing of a bottom, an arrowed heart bearing the letters 'T + B' and an umbrella; an advertisement for condoms as a protection against AIDS by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 673893i
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Imaginary Herbaria of Dr James Miranda Barry
Alessandra Pirovano
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A woman wearing a necklace bearing the words 'sex', an off-the-shoulder top and holding a paint spray can; two men in caps, one bearing the letters 'CRIPS' stand behind with graffiti and pink condoms between; an advertisement by CRIPS with the help of the Ministère de la Culture. Colour lithograph by Marko, 1993.
Date: [19]93Reference: 672969i