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HSP's Rack Picture by John F. Peto, 1900
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · wikidata.org
Public domain
He painted so many of these letter-rack scenes that forgers later scrubbed off his signature and added a rival's, since that name sold better.
Erisava: Wait, is any of this actually pinned on there, or is it all paint?
Balcons de Barcelona by CitéCréation, 1992
Spain · wikidata.org
The outfit behind this has apparently done hundreds of painted walls, mostly around France, and the trick is always the same: a blank gable end dressed up as a building that isn't there, with people leaning out of it. They say the figures are usually locals, or names the area is known for.
Erisava: It's a good trick. I'm not sure a good trick is enough.