Title: The Tower of Babel or Birs Nimrud Restored
Object type: Drawing
Date: ca. 1885
Culture: British
Artist:  William Simpson 
Artist bio: British, Glasgow, Scotland 1823–1899 London
Artist nationality: British, Scottish
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Watercolor over graphite
Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 × W. 24 7/16 in. (35 × 62 cm)
Frame H. 22 13/16 × W. 28 3/8 in. (58 × 72 cm)
Credit line: Henrietta and Christopher McCall Collection, Purchase, Henrie Jo Barth Bequest, and Museum Acquisitions and Josephine Lois Berger-Nadler Endowment Funds, 2023
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY