Plundered beating duplicity-or amusements at Cairo, Isaac Cruikshank, 1798

An ass-race past the pyramids: two turks riding with both hands on their reins, distance two french officers who use cudgels to urge on their mounts. A french officer of rank (? bonaparte) bestrides an ass (left) with drawn sword, and acts as judge. A high feather decorates his cocked hat and the head-band of his ass. Beside him are a turk and a mounted french officer. Two turks smoking long pipes squat in the foreground, talking. For the french in egypt see bmsat 9355, &c. 6 december 1798 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1798. Dimensions: Height: 251 mm; Width: 396 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French. Collection: British Museum. Plundered beating duplicity-or amusements at Cairo (BM 1868,0808.6799)