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.', Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, Ink, Musical instrument, Harp, Bible, Leopard, Religion, Judaism, Bible, Old Testament

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