[Ads-l] "eau de Nil", early use in English

[Dan Goncharoff]

I am looking for early uses of "eau de Nil" referring to the greenish
color, in English. As best as I can tell, it came directly from the French.
Egyptian influences apparently became popular in Paris when Napoleon seized
Egypt.

DanG

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