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| Keywords: Siege de la Colonne de Pompée.jpg en Siege de la Colonne de Pompée - Science in the pillory In this scene Gillray claiming to base his drawing on intercepted dispatches lampoons the corp of scientists artists and architects that travelled to Egypt as part of Napoleon's force all of whom are here pictured trapped atop Pompey's Pillar and being set upon by various natives This is one of several plates Gillray did during and after the French expedition The man never tired of goosing Boney with his pen and brush http //kharoozo livejournal com/2726734 html Live Journal 1799-03-06 Creator James Gillray PD-art-100 Campaign in Egypt 1798-1801 Caricatures of scientists James Gillray Egyptian Revolution of 1799 Psychological warfare in Egypt during 1798 French Egyptian expidition Pompey's Pillar Alexandria 1799 | ||||
