Cleopatras Needle Collection

The Obelisk, Central Park, New York City, c1901. Creator: Unknown
The Obelisk, Central Park, New York City, c1901

Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by Captain E. Ostley. Public attention has been directed to the Alexandrian obelisk, popularly known as Cleopatra's Needle

The Victoria Embankment, London, 1907, (c1900-1930). From London Post Card Album Collection [E Gordon Smith, Stroud Green Road, c1907]

Egyptian Obelisk, Cleopatras Needle, in Alexandria, Egypt, ca. 1870
Egyptian Obelisk, " Cleopatras Needle, " in Alexandria, Egypt, ca. 1870

Cleopatras Needle, 1895. Creator: Frank Crane
Cleopatras Needle, 1895

Victoria Embankment - London, 1906. Creator: Unknown
Victoria Embankment - London, 1906. The embankment along the River Thames, with Cleopatras Needle and Waterloo Bridge. Postcard. [The London View Co.]

Waterloo Bridge from a Savoy Window, pub. 1925. Creator: Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson 
Waterloo Bridge from a Savoy Window, pub. 1925 (etching)

Passengers boarding the steamer Earl Godwin, London, c1905. The steamer is next to the Victoria Embankment. Cleopatras Needle and Waterloo Bridge can be seen in the background

The First Attempt at Launching, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Preparing to Launch, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Putting on the Casing, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Beginning the Framework, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Prising Up the Needle, in order to build the Framework under it, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III

The Needle lying as it fell at Alexandria, 1877, (1910). Cleopatras Needle was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III, around 1450 BC

Thames Embankment, London, c1910

The Needle, c1902. Artist: Tony Grubhofer
The Needle, c1902. Cleopatras Needle is an Ancient Egyptian obelisk dating from c1500 BC, transported from Egypt to London in 1878 at the expense of Sir William James Erasmus Wilson

The Thames Embankment, showing Cleopatras Needle, 1896. From The Life and Times of The Right Honourable The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G. published by J. S. Virtue & Co. Ltd. 1896

Two Monuments of London, advert for the Hotel Cecil, 1925. Artist: W Welsh
Two Monuments of London, advert for the Hotel Cecil, 1925. Cleopatras Needle on the Embankmen in the foreground. A print from The Sphere, 23rd November 1925

Cleopatras Needle, Embankment, London, c1920s. The ancient Egyptian obelisk carved in granite and was erected on the bank of the River Thames in 1878

The Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle, London, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle, London, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard

Exterior View of the Ancient Wall of Alexandria, with Cleopatras Needle, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
Exterior View of the Ancient Wall of Alexandria, with Cleopatras Needle, 1802. Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 334 BC

Napoleon in Egypt, 1847. Artist: Jean Adolphe Beauce
Napoleon in Egypt, 1847

Erasmus Wilson, English surgeon and antiquary, 1880. Artist: Spy
Erasmus Wilson, English surgeon and antiquary, 1880. In medicine Wilson (1809-1884) specialised in skin diseases. His other interest was Egyptology, of which he was a generous patron

Cleopatras Needle outside the Houses of Parliament, London, c late 19th century
Artists impression of Cleopatras Needle sited outside the Houses of Parliament, London, c late 19th century. Cleopatras Needle is an Ancient Egyptian obelisk dating from c1500 BC

Obelisks at Alexandria called Cleopatras Needles, 1802

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