Collecting water from the Nile Size:XL: 90 x 90cm Jubilee Day was the 21st

Jubilee Day was the 21st June

Two views of 17th century houses in Little Bell Alley

Denis Law takes a breather in front of fans and photographers

'A swarm of English bees hiving in the Imperial carriage

He was a popular king

Collecting water from the Nile Size:XL: 90 x 90cm Jubilee Day was the 21stCollecting water from the Nile, Egypt, c1798. Shadufs being used to raise water from the River Nile. A shaduf is an irrigation tool, originally developed in Ancient Egypt. Plate 6 from Vol II, Arts and Trades of 'Descriptions of Egypt', a book published under the orders of Napoleon in 1822, documenting his military and scientific expedition to Egypt in 1798.