The Great Egyptian Gun in St James’s Park
engraving, engraving
Accession Number
NAM.1974-05-69-239-1
Description
The Great Egyptian Gun in St James’s Park. Engraving by R S Kirby, 1803. Shows the ‘Great Egyptian Gun’, decorated with a sphinx, a crocodile and the pyramids of Giza, which was taken from the French at the Battle of Alexandria on 21 March 1801. Associated with the French Revolutionary Wars in Egypt, 1798-1801.
Events
Alexandria, Battle of, 1801 (Wars of the French Revolution, Egypt 1798-1801)