Sujet
'The Obelisks at Alexandria, called Cleopatra's Needles', Egypt, 1802. Artist: Thomas Milton
Légende
'The Obelisks at Alexandria, called Cleopatra's Needles', Egypt, 1802. View of one of the pair of Ancient Egyptian obelisk dating from c1500 BC. One of the obelisks was transported from Egypt to London in 1878 at the expense of Sir William James Erasmus Wilson, and erected on the Thames Embankment, while the other was taken to New York and erected in Central Park in 1881. Plate 12 from Views in Egypt, 1802.
Historica Graphica Collection
Date
1802
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection
Notre référence
HRM19D59_009
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,5Mo (4,3Mo) / 41,1cm x 30,8cm / 4851 x 3641 (300dpi)