The toss off., Thomas Rowlandson, 1872

In a room with a picture on the wall lettered 'view of the city of jerusalem / tem[p]le of solomon', an old jewish man, his breeches rolled down, is manually pleasured by a buxom young hurdy-gurdy player, whose instrument case is on the floor; he pulls up her skirts to look at the reflection of her bottom in a nearby mirror; copy of a print by rowlandson, illustration to 'pretty little games for young ladies & gentlemen. . ' ([london:] hotten, 1872). 1872 photogravure. Date: 1872. Dimensions: Height: 171 mm; Width: 112 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: John Camden Hotten. Collection: British Museum. The toss off. (BM 1977,U.507.8)