Erection of Cleopatra's Needle on the Victoria Embankment

Date:
Sep 1878
Location:
Cleopatra's Needle, Victoria Embankment, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority
Reference:
BB71/01648
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

This Egyptian obelisk dates from about 1475 BC. It was brought from Egypt in 1877 and set up on the Victoria Embankment in 1878, which had only been laid out in 1864-70.

Content

This is part of the Collection: NMR07 NMR Accessioned Negatives - Catalogued

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Middle Bronze Age Obelisk, Construction