Babylon Hath Been a Golden Cup; 1859 Artist: Simeon Solomon; Exhibited at the French Gallery Winter Exhibition in 1859. It illustrates a passage in Jeremiah containing the prophet's lamentation over the Jewish people's captivity under the kingdom of Babylon: 'Babylon hath been a golden cup in the hand of God; which hath made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore all the nations are mad.'; Art Movement; Pre-Raphaelite; Ink; Musical instrument; Harp; Bible; Leopard; Religion; Judaism; Bible; Old Testament