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Extirpation of the plagues of Egypt;-Destruction of Revolutionary Crocodiles;-or- The British Hero cleasing ye mouth of the ye Nile.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: James Gillray

Published by: Hannah Humphrey
Title
Extirpation of the plagues of Egypt;-Destruction of Revolutionary Crocodiles;-or- The British Hero cleasing ye mouth of the ye Nile.
Description
English: Nelson, in naval uniform, stands knee-deep in water, among a swarm of crocodiles which he is dispatching with a club of 'British Oak', raised in his left hand. In the hook which replaces his right hand are cords attached to barbed hooks which transfix the jaws of nine (tricolour) crocodiles. In the foreground crocodiles are contorted in death-agony, one emits tiny crocodiles in a gush of water from its jaws. Two swim off (left). One disappears with tail erect. Behind (right) the jaws of a monster larger than the others gape from the water, emitting a fiery explosion. The crocodiles are tricolour, most shed tears. In the background the Nile winds inland, tiny crocodiles are indicated swimming in its mouth. Behind are pyramids, and on the shore the buildings and columns of Alexandria. 6 October 1798
Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Representation of: Horatio Nelson, 1st Baron and Viscount Nelson
Date 1798
date QS:P571,+1798-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
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Height: 268 millimetres

Width: 363 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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1851,0901.937
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(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) The events of the battle of the Nile, 1 Aug., are followed: the French flag-ship, 'L'Orient', blew up; nine ships of war were taken, two only escaped, another was burnt. Of the frigates two escaped, one was burnt, one sunk. Nelson's dispatch, giving the particulars, reached London on 2 Oct., and was published in an 'Extraordinary Gazette' the same night. There is in the Print Room a poster: 'Sadler's Wells. Every Evening. Battle of the Nile on Real Water', with a forcible wood-cut (7 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.) of ships exploding [Register number: Y,6.159]. A circular panorama of the battle was exhibited in Leicester Square. 'London und Paris', iii. 309-13 (diagram, p. 336). See BM Satires 9248, 9251, 9252, 9253, 9256, 9257, 9258, 9259, 9260, 9262, 9264, 9268, 9269, 9273, 9278, 9336, 9400.

Grego, 'Gillray', pp. 247-8 (reproduction). Wright and Evans, No. 207*. Broadley, i. 120. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. Reproduced, Maurice and Cooper, p. 4.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-937
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