A lavishly furnished bedroom; moll distracts her wealthy jewish protector by exposing a breast and at the same time tipping over a tea-table so that her lover can slip quietly out of the room; in the foreground a mask lies on a table, a pet monkey scampers away with a piece of lace and a black boy dressed in a feathered turban and carrying a silver kettle starts with horror as expensive porcelain is shattered; on the far wall are pictures of old testament subjects (jonah iv. 8 and 2 samuel vi. 1-5); a reversed copy after hogarth. C. 1732
mezzotint printed in green. Date: 1732. Dimensions: Height: 343 mm; Width: 371 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. In high keeping by a Jew (BM Cc,2.92)
