Buonaparte, hearing of Nelson's victory, swears by his sword to extirpate the English from off the Earth

In a stance that dominates the sheet, an enraged Napoleon wields his bloodied sword of "Egalité" and unleashes a verbal tyrade against the English. Arms and legs flung wide, Napoleon stands on a dispatch bringing news of Nelson's Victory. A courier exhibiting an expression of alarm approaches from the background with new Depeches. A camel (l.) and a tent (r.) are included in this image to signal Napoleon's location in Egypt. Some staining at edges (from water?) and a small tear at the left border. In a stance that dominates the sheet, an enraged Napoleon wields his bloodied sword of "Egalité" and unleashes a verbal tyrade against the English. Arms and legs flung wide, Napoleon stands on a dispatch bringing news of Nelson's Victory. A courier exhibiting an expression of alarm approaches from the background with new Depeches. A camel (l.) and a tent (r.) are included in this image to signal Napoleon's location in Egypt. Some staining at edges (from water?) and a small tear at the left border. Published by Hannah Humphrey, 1799-12-08. British Museum, BM 9278. This image incorporates commentary on Bonaparte's Muslim conversion and on the victory of Nelson in the Nile. According to George, 'His words are a parody of a flamboyant article by Volnay in the form of a speech by his Bonaparte on his intentions, which was probably inspired by the latter.' The speech was orignally printed in the French newspaper the Moniteur.'Transcriptions later appeared in The London Chronicle. Caption: See, Buonaparte's Speech to the French Army at Cairo: published by authority of the Directory, in Volnay's letters Caption: Pubd. Dec. 8th 1799 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James Street Dialogue: Napoleon: "What? our Fleet captured & destroyed by the Slaves of Britain?-by my Sword & by holy Mahomey I swear eternal Vengeance! Yes, when I have subjected Egypt, subdued the Arabs, the Druses & the Maronites; become master of Syria, turn'd the great River Euphrates, & sail'd upon it through the sandy Desarts; compel'd to my assistance the Bedouins, Tuscomans, Kurds, Armenians, & Persians; form'd a Million of Calvary, & pass'd them upon Rafts six or seven Hundred miles over the Bosphorus, I shall enter Constantinople--Now I enter the Theatre of Europe, I establish the Republic of Greece, I raise Poland from its ruins, I make Prussia bend e/y knee to France; I chain up the Russian Bear; I cut the Head from y/e Imperial Eagle; I drive the ferocious English from the Archipelago, I hunt them from the Mediterranean, & blot them out from the catalog of Nations! Then shall the conquer'd Earth sue for Peace, & an Obelisk be erected at Constantinople, inscribed 'To Buonoparte, Conquerer of the World and Extirpater of the English Nation."