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Hand-coloured etching of figures crowded on a column capital in grey clouds, one holding a telescope-like instrument and a winged figure at right, with a French banner.

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.

A hand-coloured etching shows several figures crowded on the capital of a Corinthian column amid billowing grey clouds. A man in blue striped clothing raises a telescope-like instrument, a winged figure leans in at right, and a banner reads 'Vive Mahomet qui protège les sciences'.

Artist
James Gillray
Date
6 March 1799
Medium
Caricatures Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3419 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1799.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Sabios sobre una columna corintia, caricatura de Egipto de 1799

Un grabado al aguafuerte coloreado a mano muestra varias figuras apiñadas sobre el capitel de una columna corintia, entre nubes grises y arremolinadas. Un hombre con ropa de rayas azules levanta un instrumento parecido a un telescopio, una figura alada se inclina a la derecha y una pancarta dice 'Vive Mahomet qui protège les sciences'.

Português: Sábios sobre uma coluna coríntia, caricatura do Egito de 1799

Uma gravura em água-forte colorida à mão mostra várias figuras amontoadas sobre o capitel de uma coluna coríntia, em meio a nuvens cinzentas e revoltas. Um homem de roupa listrada em azul ergue um instrumento parecido com um telescópio, uma figura alada se inclina à direita, e uma faixa traz a frase 'Vive Mahomet qui protège les sciences'.

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