One of seven plates on the French Expedition to Egypt by Gillray, purported to have been drawn by a fellow expedition member.
Print shows two Frenchmen, who have been attempting to domesticate the crocodile, being seized by the angry beasts. One seizes in its jaws the leg of the man who has attempted to ride it; the man clasps halter and whip, his saddle lies on the ground together with a large book, 'Sur l'Education du Crocodile', beside which are three plates: 'Planche 1st', a Frenchman rides a crocodile; 'Pl: 2de', a Frenchman drives a high phaeton drawn by a pair of crocodiles; 'Pl: 3me', a small boat is drawn through the water by a crocodile. In the middle distance, another crocodile seizes the coat of a terrified man, who drops a book: 'Les Droits du Crocodile'. In the background at left, a third crocodile with open jaws climbs from the reeds fringing the river.