Extirpation of the Plagues of Egypt; - Destruction of Revolutionary Crocodiles; - or - The British Hero cleansing ye Mouth of ye Nile, by James Gillray (1798)
Gillray’s caricature of Nelson’s victory over the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile (1-2 August, 1798). The admiral is shown beating tricoloured crocodiles with a club marked “British oak”, while taking nine in tow. One crocodile, representing the French flagship L’Orient, explodes in the background.

















