The British military expedition against the Bruges-Ostend canal, 1798: Joseph Jekyll M.P provides two different reports on it by telegraph, using rolled-up newspapers as telescopes. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1798.

    • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
    Date:
    June 23rd 1798
    Reference:
    36180i

    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: The British military expedition against the Bruges-Ostend canal, 1798: Joseph Jekyll M.P provides two different reports on it by telegraph, using rolled-up newspapers as telescopes. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1798. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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