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English: The hand-writing upon the wall / s. Gillray invt. & ft. 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." 1 print : etching and aquatint, hand-colored.
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Source Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-8790 (color film copy transparency), archival TIFF version (48 MB), rotated, cropped, and converted to JPEG with the GIMP 2.4.5, image quality 88.
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James Gillray  (1756–1815)  wikidata:Q520806 s:en:Author:James Gillray q:en:James Gillray
 
James Gillray
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James Gilray; Gillay; Gillray
Description British caricaturist and engraver
Date of birth/death 13 August 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 1 June 1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q520806
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