Queen Elizabeth II on a Hoverboard stencil mural by CATMAN, Frogley Road, East Dulwich, London, England, UK
Queen on a Hoverboard
CATMAN · Queen Elizabeth II on a hoverboard with three corgis, stencil and spray paint, first painted on Lordship Lane in May 2016 · repainted in 2022 on a wall on Frogley Road, just off Lordship Lane, East Dulwich
Photo by Paul Davies, as published on Street Art Utopia on 4 June 2022. It shows the 2022 Frogley Road wall
In May 2016 a street artist called CATMAN stencilled the Queen onto a Lordship Lane wall, riding a hoverboard behind three corgis, to mark her 90th birthday. That wall was later damaged by vandalism, a local street art guide wrote. In June 2022 the same guide found him a new wall by a coffee shop on Frogley Road, just off Lordship Lane, and he painted her again in time for the Platinum Jubilee. That second wall is the one in the photo above. A local news guide published in April 2025 still shows her there.
5 things to know
- For her 90th birthdaySouthwark News, 19 May 2016: “The artist known as Catman painted the monarch in a modern setting to mark her 90th birthday and to celebrate Dulwich’s growing street art scene.” Southwark News
- Nobody paid for itCATMAN told the paper: “I wasn’t commissioned, I did it off my own back.” He asked the wall’s owners, the Vass family, for permission by leaving them a letter. Southwark News
- The first wall was damagedThe local guide who brought him back wrote on 4 June 2022: “We seemed to have all sadly missed the Queen & Corgis opp Lordship pub after vandalism a while back.” East Dulwich Forum · Dulwich Outdoor Gallery
- A new wall for the JubileeShe “found the nice and flatly rendered solid wall by Bon coffee shop Frogley Rd just off Lordship Lane”, and the Queen was back in time for the Platinum Jubilee in June 2022. East Dulwich Forum · Dulwich Outdoor Gallery
- Still on the local trailLondon Now’s 2025 guide lists her under Frogley Road: “Originally painted to mark her 90th birthday, it was relocated in 2022 for the Platinum Jubilee.” CATMAN’s “Planet of the Grapes” (2024) is on the same road. London Now · Dulwich Outdoor Gallery
Check-in guide
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- On a white rendered wall by a coffee shop on Frogley Road, just off Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London SE22 (East Dulwich Forum, London Now).
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- The Maps button searches for the Frogley Road junction with Lordship Lane, SE22 8EW, the address London Now gives for its Frogley Road murals. We have no exact coordinates for the wall.
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- CATMAN’s “Planet of the Grapes” (2024), apes drinking wine, is also on Frogley Road, painted for a wine bar (London Now, Dulwich Outdoor Gallery).
Sightings
- 201619 May
First wall, Lordship Lane
- 20224 Jun
Back, on Frogley Road
- 202513 Apr
Photo in London Now guide
Every stamp links to the dated source. The amber stamps are reports: Southwark News on the first painting on Lordship Lane in May 2016, and the East Dulwich Forum post announcing the new Frogley Road wall on 4 June 2022. The green stamp is Emily Davison’s photo of the Frogley Road wall in London Now’s guide, published on 13 April 2025; the guide does not say on which day it was taken. It shows the same stencil, cat signature and three corgis as the photo at the top of this page, which Street Art Utopia published on 4 June 2022. We found no dated photo of the wall after April 2025.
On the record
Graffiti artist Catman paints the Queen on a hoverboard in Dulwich
“I thought the picture was in good taste. It showed the Queen as a modern Queen and not as an old fuddy duddy. The detail is absolutely incredible.”
Mr Vass, whose family owned the first wall on Lordship Lane. Report by Alex Yeates.
The Queen & Corgi’s are back. Mural ED
“This is the last time Catman could use this particular stencil”
From the post by the local street art guide who found the new wall on Frogley Road and invited CATMAN back.
East Dulwich’s street art: Guide on some of the highlights
“A playful portrait of Queen Elizabeth II riding a hoverboard, pulled by three corgis.”
By Emily Davison, with her photo of the Frogley Road wall.
The facts
- Artist
- CATMAN, who signs with a cat face in goggles (Southwark News, East Dulwich Forum, London Now) Checked
- Title
- No official title found. London Now calls it “Queen on a Hoverboard”; the local guide calls it the “Queen & Corgis” mural (London Now, East Dulwich Forum) Reported
- First painted
- May 2016, on a wall on Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, owned by the Vass family, for the Queen’s 90th birthday (Southwark News, London Now) Checked
- Permission
- CATMAN asked the owners by leaving them a letter, and was not commissioned (Southwark News) Reported
- First wall
- Damaged by vandalism before 2022; the local guide placed it opposite the Lordship pub (East Dulwich Forum, Dulwich Outdoor Gallery) Reported
- Repainted
- June 2022, for the Platinum Jubilee, on a new wall by a coffee shop on Frogley Road, just off Lordship Lane (East Dulwich Forum, London Now, Dulwich Outdoor Gallery) Checked
- Organiser
- Amanda, the local guide behind the Dulwich Outdoor Gallery walks, found the wall and invited CATMAN back; her forum post points to the Instagram account dulwichstreetart (East Dulwich Forum, Dulwich Outdoor Gallery) Reported
- Medium
- Stencil; the local guide wrote that it was the last time CATMAN could use this stencil (East Dulwich Forum) Reported
- Status
- Seen April 2025: photographed on Frogley Road for London Now’s guide, published 13 April 2025 (London Now) Checked. Still there today: no newer dated photo found Unconfirmed
Related
- On Street Art Utopia: Couldn’t Keep a Straight Face (8 Photos vol. 2) (10 October 2026), where the photo above appears as work no. 1.
- Street Art Utopia’s first post of the 2022 wall, with two more photos by Dulwich Street Art. Queen Elizabeth II by CATMAN in London
- Guided walks to the Dulwich and Peckham murals, including CATMAN’s. Dulwich Outdoor Gallery
- The artist’s own feed. CATMAN on Instagram
All sources (4)
This work
- Southwark News: “Graffiti artist Catman paints the Queen on a hoverboard in Dulwich”, by Alex Yeates, 19 May 2016. First painting on Lordship Lane, 90th birthday, quotes from CATMAN and the wall’s owner.
- East Dulwich Forum: “The Queen & Corgi’s are back. Mural ED”, post by aquamanda, 4 June 2022. Vandalism of the first wall, the new wall by Bon coffee shop on Frogley Road, the Jubilee.
- Dulwich Outdoor Gallery, the local guide’s walks page, undated, read 10 October 2026. “2022 – I invited Catman back after I found a new location for his popular Queen & Corgis mural”. Same person as the forum post, so not counted as a separate source.
- London Now: “East Dulwich’s street art: Guide on some of the highlights”, by Emily Davison, 13 April 2025. Lists the work under Frogley Road, with a photo of the 2022 wall.
The photo
- Street Art Utopia, 4 June 2022: “Queen Elizabeth II repainted by CATMAN in London, UK with help of Dulwich Street Art.” Photo by Paul Davies.
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