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The fall of Babylon; Cyrus the Great defeating the Chaldean
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The fall of Babylon; Cyrus the Great defeating the Chaldean
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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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Keywords: John Martin; Cyrus

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The Fall of Babylon; Cyrus the Great defeating the Babylonian army (1831). Mezzotint by John Martin, depicting the Ziggurat in the background under a dark and stormy sky, with crowds in distress.