Battle of the Pyramids Still Image

A chaotic battle scene with cavalry clashing amid cannon smoke on an open plain, while palm trees and figures stand quietly in the foreground, titled "Bataille des Pyramides."

Dublin Core

Title

Battle of the Pyramids

Description

After a six–week journey from France, the army of some 38,000 arrived in Egypt. The French stormed and took Alexandria first, then moved up the Nile toward Cairo. On 21 July Napoleon’s troops confronted and decisively defeated the army of the Mamelukes, who exercised rule in Egypt on behalf of the Ottomans.

Creator

Dominique-Vivant Denon (designer)
Georges Malbeste (etcher)

Source

Museé de la Révolution Française, Vizille

Date

1829

Rights

All Rights Reserved

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/537/|Denon, Dominique Vivant. Voyage dans la basse en la haute Égypte, pendant les campagnes du général Bonaparte. Paris, 1829

Format

JPEG

Language

French

Identifier

537

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Etching

Physical Dimensions

59 x 79 cm

Title (French)

Bataille des Pyramides

Citation

Dominique-Vivant Denon (designer) and Georges Malbeste (etcher), “Battle of the Pyramids,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 9, 2026, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/537.