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A Feast. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, late 11th century, (1944). Creator: Unknown

A Feast. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, late 11th century, (1944). Scene from the embroidery depicting the Norman Invasion of England in 1066. King William I sits down to a banquet with his nobles and Bishop Odo says grace. On the left men hold chickens on skewers and drink from horns. A servant spills a jug of water. From "The English At Table", by John Hampson. [William Collins, London, 1944]

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Mural painting in the Leopards Tomb (Tomba dei Leopardi) at Tarquinia, Italy, (1928)

Mural painting in the Leopard's Tomb (Tomba dei Leopardi) at Tarquinia, Italy, (1928). Etruscan burial chamber, About 500 B.C...Right corner...Banquet with musicians. Leopards in the pediment'. After a water-colour by L. Cartocci. Plate XXII, fig 59, from "An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century" with explanatory text by Helmuth Bossert. [Ernst Wasmuth Ltd., Berlin, 1928]

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Cleopatra and Antony Enjoying Supper, from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, Brussels, c

Cleopatra and Antony Enjoying Supper, from The Story of Caesar and Cleopatra, Brussels, c. 1680. Cleopatra dissolves a pearl in a cup of vinegar. Woven at the workshop of Gerard Peemans, after a design by Justus van Egmont

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