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[edit]"L'Insurrection de l'Institut Amphibie"-The Pursuit of Knowledge.
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Print made by: James Gillray
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Title |
"L'Insurrection de l'Institut Amphibie"-The Pursuit of Knowledge. |
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Description |
English: Two Frenchmen, who have been attempting to domesticate the crocodile, are seized by the angry beasts. A monster seizes in its jaws the leg of the man who has attempted to ride it; the man clasps halter and whip, his saddle lies on the ground together with a large book, 'Sur l'Education du Crocodile', beside which are three plates: 'Planche 1st', a Frenchman rides a crocodile; 'Pl: 2de', a Frenchman drives a high phaeton drawn by a pair of crocodiles; 'Pl: 3me', a small boat is drawn through the water by a crocodile. In the middle distance (right) a crocodile seizes the coat of a terrified man, who drops a book: 'Les Droits du Crocodile' (cf. BMSat 9352). A third crocodile (left) with hungry jaws climbs from the reeds fringing the river. 12 March 1799
Hand-coloured etching |
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Date |
1799 date QS:P571,+1799-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.6826 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) See BMSat 9355, &c. A satire on Bonaparte's 'Institut d'Égypte' (installed in Cairo 23 Aug. 1798). Grego, 'Gillray', p. 256. Wright and Evans, No. 222. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. Reproduced, Charles-Roux, 'Bonaparte, Gouverneur d'Égypte', Paris, 1935, p. 176. Listed by Broadley. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6826 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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