Hans Buling, a mountebank of great notoriety who frequently exhibited in Covent Garden. From a Delft plate on the back of which are the initials B.S. 1750

"Portrait of Hans Buling from a Delft plate, full-length, slightly turned to the left, a paper in one hand and holding the chain of a small monkey dressed in clothes with the other, dressed in petticoat breeches and a doublet with a ruff about his neck and a cloak about his shoulders with a broad-brimmed hat on his head, a harlequin appearing from behind a curtain behind, a chest at his feet, the rim of the plate decorated with playing cards."--British Museum online catalogue, viewed December 10, 2025