| Title: | 1925P452 Babylon Hath Been a Golden Cup |
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| Description: |
1925P452 Babylon Hath Been a Golden Cup, 1859 Artist: Simeon Solomon * Exhibited at the French Gallery Winter Exhibition in 1859. It illustrates a passage in Jeremiah containing the prophet's lamentation over the Jewish people's captivity under the kingdom of Babylon: 'Babylon hath been a golden cup in the hand of God, which hath made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine, therefore all the nations are mad.' |
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Art Movement/ Pre-Raphaelite, Birmingham Museums Trust/Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Ink, Pencil, Musical instrument/ Harp, Bible, Animal/ Cat, Animal/ Leopard, Religion/ Judaism, Pen, Works on Paper, Bible/ Old Testament |
| Usage Rights: | Creative Commons 0 - Public Domain. Optional attribution: Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0 |
| Credit Line: | Presented by the Alfred Leadbeater Bequest Fund, 1925. |
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