Solomon in all his glory!! [graphic]

"A stalwart bearded Jew stands surrounded by courtesans: one puts her arms round him, his right. arm round her waist; he smiles back knowingly, while he holds the left hand of the woman on his left. A third looks over his shoulder. He wears a cocked hat and a garish old-fashioned waistcoat, heavily trimmed with gold. The women are comely and fashionably dressed; one wears a long fur stole over her low-necked short-sleeved gown. They stand at the corner of 'Petticoat Lane'; below the name: 'Fire Plug 6 . . 1/2'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state