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Belshazzar's Feast; figures gathered around a table, on which are laid, a candelabra, drinking vessels and plates, all looking to r, some pointing to a hand and inscription lit by a candle high on the wall, behind the table set in niches on the wall are various sculptures and to r an arched doorway leading into a room with domed ceiling, in the foreground, servants filling vessels with food and drink Brush drawing in grey wash, with pen and brown ink
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