French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
A hand-coloured etching in which a crowd of small caricatured figures in tricorn hats and academic robes is perched atop a tall Corinthian column wreathed in smoke. Below, turbaned figures with spears set fire to its base, while scattered books, papers and a balloon drift through the sky.
- Artist
- James Gillray
- Date
- 6 March 1799
- Medium
- Caricatures Etchings
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 3080 × 4000 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection
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