Cleopatra Gallery

Scene from Shakespeares Antony and Cleopatra

A scene from Shakespeare's Roman play, Antony and Cleopatra, showing Cleopatra standing (right), with one of her servants seated (left) playing a stringed instrument

© Mary Evans Picture Library

30, 69, Attendant, Bc, Charmian, Cleopatra, Egyptian, Female, Historical, History, Paget, Royalty, Vii

Pompey's Pillar 1, and the obelisk of Cleopatra 2

Pompey's Pillar 1, and the obelisk of Cleopatra 2. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817. Pompey's Pillar 1, and the obelisk of Cleopatra 2. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey, London 1816. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Egypt. Dendera. Hathor Temple. Cleopatra VII, Julius Caesar

Egyptian Art. Dendera. Hathor Temple. Relief depicting Cleopatra VII, Julius Caesar and their son Caesarion, later her co-regent Ptolemy XV Caesar. 1st. Century B.C. Ptolemaic Dynasty

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

1st, Ac, Age, Ancient, Ankh, Ansata, Art, Caesar, Caesarion, Carving, Century, Cleopatra, Crown, Crux, Dendera, Double, Dynasty, Egypt, Egyptian, Emperor, Empire, Family, Hathor, Hieratic, Instrument, Julio Claudian, Julius, Key, Life, Musical, Nile, Percussion, Perspective, Pharaoh, Philometor, Philopator, Pschent, Ptolemaic, Ptolemy, Queen, Relief, Sculpture, Sistrum, Temple, Vii, Xv