Queen Vic (2003) is one of the earliest and most historically significant prints in Banksy's catalogue - a work that announced, with complete clarity, the satirical ambition and irreverence that would define his career. The image depicts Queen Victoria in a posture of unmistakable sexual suggestion, her royal dignity comprehensively subverted in a manner that is simultaneously puerile and genuinely provocative. It is a work about power, propriety, and the mythology of the monarchy - delivered with the economy of a single stencilled image and the precision of a comedian who knows exactly where to place the punchline.

The Queen Vic predates Banksy's mass market recognition and belongs to the period when his prints were circulating primarily within a community of informed collectors and street art devotees. Published in 2003 by Pictures on Walls, London - the imprint that would go on to publish many of his most significant early works - the print was issued in an edition of 500 unsigned impressions alongside a small signed edition of 50. The gap in edition size between the signed and unsigned versions reflects the economics of the early Banksy market, where demand for authenticated impressions was still developing.

Two decades on, the Queen Vic has acquired the status of a primary document of early twenty-first century British satirical art - a work that confronted the most entrenched symbol of institutional authority in British culture with a directness that no establishment artist would have risked. This impression is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Pest Control Office - Banksy's own authentication body - confirming its place within the documented canon of his printed works.