Solomon in all his glory!!, Isaac Cruikshank, 1807

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'. March 26 1807 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1807. Dimensions: Height: 341 mm (cropped); ; Width: 238 mm (cropped). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Solomon in all his glory!! (BM 1872,1012.4933)