Etching, aquatint, hand-coloured engraving entitled 'The Hand-writing upon the wall' by James Gillray (1756-1815). Napoleon, Josephine, French soldiers and women seated at a feast with dishes 'Bank of England', 'St. James,' 'Tower of London,' and 'Roast Beef of old England.' Napoleon looks in horror at hand of Jehovah pointing to words in sky: 'Mene Mene, tekel upharsin.'

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Etching, aquatint, hand-coloured engraving entitled 'The Hand-writing upon the wall' by James Gillray (1756-1815). Napoleon, Josephine, French soldiers and women seated at a feast with dishes 'Bank of England', 'St. James,' 'Tower of London,' and 'Roast Beef of old England.' Napoleon looks in horror at hand of Jehovah pointing to words in sky: 'Mene Mene, tekel upharsin.'

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