New London artwork of stretching cat appears on billboard

Banksy has confirmed the sixth artwork in his new animal-themed collection across London, a silhouette of a cat on an empty, distressed billboard.

The street artist posted a photo of the design on his Instagram on Saturday without any caption.

The new work is in Cricklewood, an area in north-west London and is the sixth in as many days.

It follows his most recent artwork of pelicans appearing to take fish from a chip shop sign, which was revealed on Friday.

A stenciled image of a goat appeared in Kew on Monday while an image of two elephants touching trunks in Chelsea was revealed by the artist on Tuesday, although on Friday it was seen defaced with stripes.

Three monkeys hanging from a bridge in Brick Lane drew crowds on Wednesday, and a howling wolf on a satellite dish was seen in Peckham on Thursday – which within hours was believed to have been stolen.