A view along the Embankment looking towards Cleopatra's Needle and the steps leading down to the water. The needle was brought here in 1878 from Alexandria. It had been presented to the British in 1819 by the Turkish Viceroy of Egypt.
- Date:
- 1945 - 1965
- Location:
- Cleopatra's Needle, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority
- Reference:
- AA001707
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)