I love these Pearly Kings & Queens which are popping up all over London - and are by a street artist known as Pure Evil. This work, found on a church hoarding, infuses the London tradition of the Pearly Kings and Queens (started in 1875) alongside stencil sprayed butterflies whose wings spell out Pure Evil (you may need to look closely).
Pure Evil claims the Pearly Kings & Queens were the original East End Punks but I am not sure what the founder of the tradition - Henry Croft… Read More: http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pure-evil-pearly-kings-history-represented-in-street-art/