This Banksy image has been voted the UK's most iconic

One of the most iconic images of our time has sealed its status by being voted the UK's favourite artwork by 2,000 people.

Banky's mural of a girl releasing a heart-shaped balloon topped a shortlist of 20 works of art compiled by arts editors and writers, according to The Frame National Art Audit.

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The image, which was painted on a wall in Shoreditch, East London, in 2002, has beaten John Constable's "The Hay Wain" and Jack Vettriano's "Singing Butler."

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Rounding out the top five: "The Fighting Temeraire," by JMW Turner, and Antony Gormley's The Angel of the North sculpture.

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Here's the full list:

1. Banksy; "Balloon Girl"

2. John Constable; "The Hay Wain"

3. Jack Vettriano; "The Singing Butler"

4. JMW Turner; "The Fighting Temeraire"

5. Antony Gormley; The Angel of the North

6. L S Lowry; "Going to the Match"

7. John William Waterhouse; "The Lady of Shalott"

8. Peter Blake; Sgt. Pepper album cover

9. Hipgnosis and George Hardie; Dark Side of the Moon album cover

10. George Stubbs; "Mares and Foals"

11. Thomas Gainsborough; "Mr. and Mrs. Andrews"

12. John Everett Millais; "Ophelia"

13. Andy Goldsworthy; "Balanced Rock Misty"

14. David Hockney; "A Bigger Splash"

15. Bridget Riley; "Movement in Squares"

16. Anish Kapoor; "ArcelorMittal Orbit"

17. Stik; "A Couple Hold Hands in the Street"

18. Maggi Hambling; "Scallop"

19. Henry Moore; Reclining Figure

20. Jamie Reid; Never Mind the Bollocks album cover