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The fall of Babylon; Cyrus the Great defeating the Chaldean army. Mezzotint by J. Martin, 1831, after himself, 1819.
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Martin, John
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The fall of Babylon; Cyrus the Great defeating the Chaldean army. Mezzotint by J. Martin, 1831, after himself, 1819.
Work Type
Mezzotints.
Material
mezzotint, with watercolour
Description
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Bible. O.T. Isaiah 13-14. Jeremiah 50-1. A large green serpent is coiled around a pillar in the centre. It may be the serpent/dragon mentioned in the apocryphal 'Bel and the Dragon', which was worshipped as divine in Babylon, and which Daniel killed by making it choke
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Subject
Battles.
Soldiers.
Cities and towns.
Lightning.
Weather.
Storms.
Serpents - Religious aspects.
Dragons in the Bible.
Babylon (Extinct city)
Cyrus, the Great, King of Persia, -530 B.C. or 529 B.C.
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Image and original data from Wellcome Collection
License
Creative Commons: Attribution Creative Commons: Attribution
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