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'Fighting for the Dunghill, or, Jack Tar Setting Buonaparte. (caricature)'. This is the earliest of Gillray’s portrayals of Bonaparte as the symbolic personification of France. Here he is caricatured in a manner deriving from earlier 18th-
Published 20 November 1798
National Maritime Museum

A View of the British Squadron, under the command of Adml Nelson, bearing down to Engage the French Fleet, which lay Moored in a strong Line of Battle, In Bequiere Bay, near the Mouth of the Nile Augt 1st 1798. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
20 Nov 1798
National Maritime Museum

A View of the Glorious Victory obtained by the British Squadron.... over the French Fleet, Augt 1st 1798. Hand-coloured.; Text in English below title.
20 Nov 1798
National Maritime Museum

Fighting for the Dunghill: - or - Jack Tar settling Citoyen Francois (caricature). Hand-coloured.
20 Nov 1798
National Maritime Museum