Port city on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt

The battle of Alexandria: Sir Ralph Abercromby (Abercrombie) is wounded in the thigh. Engraving by F. Legat, 1805, after T. Stothard.

Egypt: a building designated as the palace of Alexander the Great. Coloured engraving, 17--.

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.

The execution of Suleiman Daoud by hanging in the Great Square, for ordering the burning of the city. Wood engraving.

The battle of Alexandria: Sir Ralph Abercromby (Abercrombie) is wounded in the thigh. Engraving by E. Mitchell, 1805, after J. Northcote.

Sailing ships and rowing boats at Alexandria, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

The Viceroy of Egypt in conversation with British officials, with attendants looking on, Alexandria, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Alexandria (Rue Ibrahimich), Egypt: a city street with goats, during a typhus epidemic. Photograph, 1915/1925 (?).

The pharos of Alexandria. Coloured engraving, ca. 1804-1811.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 38 x 54 cm

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.

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 7.9 x 5.5 cm

1 photograph : photoprint ; image 5.4 x 7.8 cm

The bathing house (hammam), the Bab Sidra mosque, Alexandria, Egypt: during a typhus epidemic. Photograph, 1915/1925 (?).

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 30.7 x 38.8 cm

Boatmen at the Baths of Cleopatra at Alexandria, Egypt. Coloured aquatint by T. Milton after L. Mayer, 1802.

The War in Egypt: hoisting invalids on board a hospital ship. Wood engraving.

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Alexandria

Images from the collections

Images referencing Alexandria

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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.

Alexandria (Rue Ibrahimich), Egypt: a city street with goats, during a typhus epidemic. Photograph, 1915/1925 (?).

The bathing house (hammam), the Bab Sidra mosque, Alexandria, Egypt: during a typhus epidemic. Photograph, 1915/1925 (?).

Boatmen at the Baths of Cleopatra at Alexandria, Egypt. Coloured aquatint by T. Milton after L. Mayer, 1802.

The War in Egypt: hoisting invalids on board a hospital ship. Wood engraving.

Alexandria

Images from the collections

Images referencing Alexandria

Works from the collections

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.

Alexandria (Rue Ibrahimich), Egypt: a city street with goats, during a typhus epidemic. Photograph, 1915/1925 (?).

The bathing house (hammam), the Bab Sidra mosque, Alexandria, Egypt: during a typhus epidemic. Photograph, 1915/1925 (?).

Boatmen at the Baths of Cleopatra at Alexandria, Egypt. Coloured aquatint by T. Milton after L. Mayer, 1802.

The War in Egypt: hoisting invalids on board a hospital ship. Wood engraving.

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