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Cleopatra Needle Alexandria

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Date

[1834?]

Artist

Sir William Eden, 6th Baronet (1808-1873)

Collection

Private Collection

Acknowledgements

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Description

Inscription: "Cleopatra Needle Alexandria". From an album entitled “Foreign Sketches”. Medium: watercolour.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

image courtesy of a private collector

Location

Alexandria, Egypt

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Coasts
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Category

Buildings & Architecture

TWW Comment

This obelisk was moved to London in 1877. Two other obelisks, also known as Cleopatra's Needle, were taken to Paris and New York. You can still see this one on the Thames Embankment.

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