The hand-writing upon the wall / Js. Gillray invt. & ft., British Cartoon Print

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The hand-writing upon the wall / Js. Gillray invt. & ft., British Cartoon Print

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Napoleon, Josephine, French soldiers and women seated at 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."
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10072
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature.

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01/01/1803
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Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
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Library of Congress
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