'Exterior View of the Ancient Wall of Alexandria, with Cleopatra's Needle', 1802. Creator: Thomas Milton.
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'Exterior View of the Ancient Wall of Alexandria, with Cleopatra's Needle', 1802. Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 334 BC. Cleopatra's Needle is one of a pair of Ancient Egyptian obelisks dating from c1500 BC. It was transported from Egypt to London in 1878 at the expense of Sir William James Erasmus Wilson, and erected on the Thames Embankment. The other was taken to New York and erected in Central Park in 1881. A plate from "Views in Egypt".
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Creator
- Thomas Milton, attributed to: British: Artist, engraver
After
- Luigi Mayer: Italian: Artist
Geographic Hierarchy
World Oceans Mediterranean Sea
- 35 00 00 N , 020 00 00 E
World Africa Egypt Al Iskandarīyah Alexandria
- 31 12 56 N , 029 57 19 E
Category Hierarchy
Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel
Locations & Buildings Archaeological Sites
Locations & Buildings Monuments & Statues
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4827x3632
File Size : 51,363kb
Aliases
- C211118
- 0510005877
- 1-277-409
- 1277409
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