Nitocris, Queen of Babylon, supervising the building of a bridge over the River Euphrates. Etching after J. de Seve.

The sixth angel of the Apocalypse releases four imprisoned angels from their chains to kill a third of mankind. Stipple engraving by W. Bond, 1810, after H. Howard.

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Euphrates River

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Nitocris, Queen of Babylon, supervising the building of a bridge over the River Euphrates. Etching after J. de Seve.

The sixth angel of the Apocalypse releases four imprisoned angels from their chains to kill a third of mankind. Stipple engraving by W. Bond, 1810, after H. Howard.