Entry of Bonaparte into Alexandria (1800)

By Guillaume-François Colson, this is Entry of Bonaparte into Alexandria on 3 July 1798.

Napoleon's adventure in Egypt started as a way to attack British interests while his forces were as yet too weak to fight the British directly in Europe. Although his army conquered Egypt without too much trouble, he was unable to capitalize much - Nelson destroyed most of his fleet in the Battle of the Nile in August 1798. With his supply lines cut, and plots against him proliferating back home, Bonaparte found a return to France to be in his better interests.

About Colson, little is known. His dates were 1785-1860, and  he was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David.