"Tirailleur francais et chevau leger de l'Armée du Pacha de Rhodes" evolutions of French mounted riflemen / [graphic]Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[12 March 1799]eng"A magnificently mounted Turk (right) raises his spear to transfix a ragged French soldier who is about to be thrown by the donkey (cf. BMSat 9357) whose ear he clutches. The Frenchman's musket is awkwardly held and goes off innocuously; defence is impossible."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.One of seven plates on the French expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801-- Military: French soldiers -- Military uniforms: French army, 1798 -- Asses -- Horses -- Male costume: Turk -- Weapons: spears -- Guns: rifles.1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.4 x 35.8 cm, on sheet 30.5 x 40.8 cm.Watermark, partially trimmed: Russell & Co.Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 5 of 12.