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Alexandria (Egypt)

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  • The battle of Alexandria: Sir Ralph Abercromby (Abercrombie) is wounded in the thigh. Engraving by F. Legat, 1805, after T. Stothard.
  • The fatal wounding of Sir Ralph Abercrombie at Alexandria, 1801. Line engraving.
  • Antoine, Baron Dubois, in Alexandria. Lithograph by Watier, 1823, after L. Gudin, 1822.
  • Baths of Cleopatra, at Alexandria. Coloured aquatint, 1802, after L. Mayer.
  • 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.
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    The battle of Alexandria: Sir Ralph Abercromby (Abercrombie) is taken from the battle after being wounded in the thigh (key to the painting). Engraving, 1804, after R. Ker Porter.

    Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1847. | Date: June 4, 1804 | Reference: 547647i
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    Alexandria (Rue Ibrahimich), Egypt: a city street with goats, during a typhus epidemic. Photograph, 1915/1925 (?).

    | Date: 1915-1925 | Reference: 568256i
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    La fin de l'école d'Alexandrie d'après quelques auteurs arabes / Max Meyerhof.

    Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945. | Date: 1997
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    The bathing house (hammam), the Bab Sidra mosque, Alexandria, Egypt: during a typhus epidemic. Photograph, 1915/1925 (?).

    | Date: 1915-1925 | Reference: 568267i
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    Boatmen at the Baths of Cleopatra at Alexandria, Egypt. Coloured aquatint by T. Milton after L. Mayer, 1802.

    Mayer, Luigi, active 1776-1792. | Date: 1802 | Reference: 15382i
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