3783488 Nehemiah looks upon the ruins of Jerusalem - Bible by Tissot, James Jacques Joseph (1836-1902) (after); (add.info.: Nehemiah looks upon the ruins of Jerusalem by J James Tissot. Illustration to Book of Nehemiah 2.17: \'Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach\'. Nehemiah, cup-bearer to the king in Susa (the Persian capital), learns that the wall of Jerusalem is destroyed. He returns to Jerusalem to help rebuild it. JJT: French painter, 1836 - 1902. Old Testament Part II. Published by M. de Brunhoff, 1904. Coloured plate after p. 544); Lebrecht History.