Cleopatra Collection (page 2)

Cleopatras Needle / Alex
Cleopatras Needle in its original position at Alexandria. Date: 1847

Richard Strauss - Cleopatra
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) the German composer in 1926 with his son, on board Lloyd Triestinos ship Cleopatra en route for Greece. 1926

London / Embankment
Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle on a winter day. In the background carriages line the road. Date: 1890

Obelisk from Egypt to USA: a second Cleopatras needle, 1880
Preparing the second Cleopatras Needle to travel to America. Date: 1880

Transporting the obelisk: procession for Cleopatras needle
The procession, on Lord Mayors Day, with Cleopatras Needle passing down Gracechurch Street, London. Date: August 1878

Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle erected, London
Breaking up the " Cleopatra" so that the Needle may be erected on the Thames Embankment, London. Date: 6th July 1878

Transporting the obelisk: positioning Cleopatras needle
Waiting for the tide to facilitate the positioning of Cleopatras Needle on the Embankment, London. Date: 30th May 1878

Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle at Gravesend
Cleopatras Needle reaches Gravesend, England. Date: 1878

Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle arrives, London
The cylinder ship " Cleopatra", with the obelisk, at Westminster Bridge, London. Date: February 1878

Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle at sea
The cylinder ship " Cleopatra", with the obelisk at sea, displaying the notice " you can go faster". Date: 1878

Transporting the obelisk: Cleopatras needle at sea 1877
Exterior of the cylinder containing the needle. Date: 1877

Transporting the obelisk: launch of Cleopatras needle, 1877
The launch of the " Cleopatra" from the Caesarium Beach at Alexandria, Egypt. Date: 1877

Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle, London
The Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle, London. circa 1870s

Cross section of cylinder to transport Cleopatras needle
A proposed scheme showing the longitudinal section of a cylinder encasing Cleopatras needle to transport it to London. Date: 1877

Launching Cleopatras needle, 1877
The launch of the " Cleopatra" from the Caesarium Beach at Alexandria, Egypt. Date: 1877

Transporting the obelisk: embarkation of Cleopatras needle
Rolling the obelisk down the Caesarium Beach at Alexandria, Egypt. Date: 1877

Cylinder ship constructed around Cleopatras needle, 1877
The construction of the cylinder ship " Cleopatra" round the obelisk. Date: 1877

Evelyn Laye as Cleopatra at Dalys Theatre
English actress Evelyn Laye (1900-1996), pictured in the role of Cleopatra at Dalys Theatre in 1925. Date: 1925

Mrs Leopold Albu in fancy dress costume, Cleopatra
Mrs Leopold Albu, formerly Adelaide Veronica Elizabeth Burton, wife of Leopold Albu, mining magnate. Pictured in the costume she wore at a small dance she gave at 4 Hamilton Place

Illustration, Rhopalocera -- Thais Cerisyi, Gonepteryx Cleopatra, Euchloe Belemia, Zegris Eupheme, Argynnis Laodice, Vanessa Levana, Vanessa Ichnusa, Spilothyrus Lavaterae, Pamphila Nostrodamus

Hybrid Cape and bedding pelargoniums.. Quercifolium roseum, Denticulatum superbum, Sidonium variegatum, Citriodorum violaceum, Odoratissimum punctatum, Citriodorum elegantissimum, Cleopatra

Cleopatra and her court. Flemish tapestry 16th c
Cleopatra and her court. 2nd half 16 c. Cleopatra receives a messenger. Series of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Cardboard attributed to Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Possible manufacturing in Brussels

Cleopatras Temple, Erment, Egypt. Date: 1857

Moving Cleopatras Needle, Cairo, Egypt. It was one of three which went to London, Paris and New York respectively during the 19th century. Date: circa 1870

Moving Cleopatras Needle, Egypt -- it was one of three which went to London, Paris and New York respectively during the 19th century. Date: circa 1870

Searchlights over Thames Embankment, London, WW1
Searchlights over the Thames Embankment near Charing Cross, London, keeping watch for enemy aircraft in the early days of the First World War. Cleopatras Needle can be seen on the right. Date: 1914

Queen of the Carnival
The Queen of the Carnival, dressed up to look like Cleopatra, riding along the road on a horse-drawn float, with three female attendants

Thames Embankment
The Embankment, showing the Savoy Hotel and Cleopatras Needle. Date: 1895

SPOOKY EMBANKMENT
A strangely eerie London Embankment, with the silhouette of Cleopatras Needle standing among the row of street lamps. Date: early 1930s

Tramps under the Sphynx
Down-and-out men sleeping under the sphynx at the base of Cleopatras Needle on the Victoria Embankment, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Head of a Sphinx
The head of a bronze Sphinx, on the Embankment, London, one of a pair made to compliment Cleopatras Needle, which was was brought from Egypt to England in 1878. Date: early 1930s

Butterflies of the family Pieridae
Mounted specimens of the brimstone, (Gonepteryx rhamni) and cleopatra, (Gonepteryx cleopatra) butterflies. Both these species have colour forms which vary from very pale yellow to a deep yellow-orange

ETTY, William (1787-1849). Triomph of Cleopatra. 1st half 19th c. Oil on canvas

RENI, Guido (1575-1642). Cleopatra. 1635-1640. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

Thames Embankment / Cx
THE THAMES EMBANKMENT near Charing Cross, with Cleopatras Needle Date: 1922

Roman soldiers enter Cleopatras chamber as she lay dying. Date 1821

Ottaviano visita Cleopatra, mentre lei abbatuta dalle sue sciagrue, gli si prostra dinnanzi. Augustus visiting Cleopatra in her chamber. Date 1821

Shakspeare, Antony and Cleopatra

Cleopatra bitten by the asp (a somewhat unconvincing, posed version). Date: early 20th century

View from Charing Cross Bridge and Pool of London
View from Charing Cross Bridge (top), showing the River Thames, Cleopatras Needle on the left and St Pauls Cathedral in the middle distance

Alice Crawford
ALICE CRAWFORD Actress who played Shakespearean roles such as Charmian in Antony and Cleopatra. She married Valentine Williams. Date: 1882 - 1931

Tatler front cover, 1962
Graphic front cover of The Tatler depicting an Egyptian woman with a beatific smile made up from a number of Eastern style fabric designs, mainly from Liberty. Date: 1962

Cora Urquhart-Brown. Actress. In 1898 she joined the company Herbert Beerbohm Tree andplayed a number important roles, esp. Shakespeares Juliet and Cleopatra

Russian Season in Paris: Cleopatra
The Russian dancer, Ida Lvovna Rubinstein in the title role of Cleopatra in the Paris season of 1909; she was part of the Ballet Russes company, founded by Sergei Diaghilev

Schoolchildren at Cleopatras Needle, London
A class of London County Council schoolchildren on a trip to Cleopatras Needle on the Thames Embankment, Central London. Their teacher points with her umbrella and tells them all about it

Langtry as Cleopatra
LILY LANGTRY English actress in the roll of Cleopatra in Shakespeares Anthony and Cleopatra

Mme Solle - Role of Iras
The actress Mademoiselle Solle in the role of Iras in the play Cleopatre

Marc Anthony - Hooper
The actor Hooper in the role of Marc Anthony

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