Written in response to Lli's literary drabble in Chapter 27. Artemis and Butler belong to Eoin Colfer, all the rest is real.
The Challenge
While enjoying Peter Pears' performance of Britten's 'Hymn' from Opus 31, Artemis was viewing his latest acquisition; Sotheby's had sold Lot 8131 for nearly £47,000 on July, 15th to a large, bald-headed man.
It wasn't a particularly good watercolour and Henry Holiday wasn't his favourite painter by any means, but Artemis was an admirer of Ben Jonson and the subject appealed to him. Although, paradoxically, in light of events that were both nearly eight years old and recent, he hoped that one of the epithets would not apply to him for much longer - not if everything went according to plan.
Author's Note: Lots of clues here, digital paintbrushes to those who solve them. 'Challenge' is used on two levels. I had to make at least one drabble on the Rathdown Park Incident, didn't I?