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Extirpation of the Plagues of Egypt:- Destruction of Revolutionary Crocodiles, 1798 (hand-coloured etching)

Extirpation of the Plagues of Egypt:- Destruction of Revolutionary Crocodiles, 1798 (hand-coloured etching)
satirical drawing
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Gillray James (1757-1815)
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United Kingdom
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tricolour
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wielding club
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british might
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pyramids
revolutionary wars
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Gillray James (1757-1815)
England
United Kingdom
Europe
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tricolour
captured
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wielding club
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defeated
medals
pyramids
revolutionary wars
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Extirpation of the Plagues of Egypt:- Destruction of Revolutionary Crocodiles, 1798 (hand-coloured etching)

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Gillray, James (1757-1815) / English

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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA

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hand-coloured etching

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1798 AD (C18th AD)

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24.4x35.6 cms

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or - the British Hero Cleansing ye Mouth of ye Nile; refers to defeat of French navy at Aboukir Bay in 1798 by Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805); French ships depicted as crocodiles;

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