Cleopatras Collection

Cleopatras Needle / Slide
Cleopatras Needle on the Embankment by night

The Embankment at Night - Base of Cleopatras Needle
The Embankment at Night - Sphinx at the base of Cleopatras Needle. Date: circa 1910s

Egypt Alexandria Cleopatra's Needle Victorian period

Cleopatras Needle, Alexandria, Egypt

Cleopatra's Needle, London early 1900s

Obelisks at Luxor, Egypt, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Embankment:The Bronze Sphinx
Embankment: The Bronze Sphinx, near Cleopatra's Needle. Date: circa 1970

Proposed method for the removal of Cleopatras Needle from Alexandria and its transportation by sea to London. Date: 1877

Pompeys 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

Pompeys Pillar and Cleopatras Needle at the port of Alexandria, Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Cleopatras Polka by Thomas Rolfe
Promotional music, sheet for Cleopatras Polka by Thomas Rolfe. The caption reads Cleopatras Needle prostrate at Alexandria

Brochure for Seeing London by Tram
Round and about London by tram - North of the Thames. A London County Council guidebook, with an illustration of a tram travelling along the Embankment past Cleopatras Needle.. Date: circa 1930s

Embankment - Lantern Slide
A view along the river towards Embankment and Cleopatras Needle at night Date: 1910

The Thames Embankment with Cleopatras Needle - London. The red granite obelisk was brought to London from Egypt in 1878 - its base is flanked by two bronze statues of the sphinx. Date: 1912

London at Night - Cleopatras Needle and Victoria Embankment. The red granite obelisk was brought to London from Egypt in 1878 - its base is flanked by two bronze statues of the sphinx. Date: 1932

Hotel Cecil and Embankment, London - at night. Date: circa 1910s

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

Thames embankment, London, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Two Monuments of London
Illustration showing the obelisk, Cleopatras Needle on the Thames Embankment in Central London with the Hotel Cecil in the background

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

The Raising of Cleopatras Needle in London, 1878
Engraving showing four scenes during the raising of the Cleopatras Needle, an ancient Egyptian obelisk, on the Victoria Thames Embankment, London, 1878

The Voyage of Cleopatras Needle to England, 1878
Engraving showing the obelisk ship Cleopatra (nearest) and its tug, in the background, crossing the Bay of Biscay on passage from Egypt to London, 1878

Cleopatras Needle, proposed position
A colour illustration of Cleopatras Needle in the proposed position at Westminister. The obelisk now stands on the Victoria Embankment

Transporting Cleopatras Needle
Transportation of the obelisk down the Thames, at Westminister Bridge. The cylinder ship had to be abandoned in the Bay of Biscay due to the stormy conditions of the initial leg of the journey

Cleopatras Needle, Alexandria
Cleopatras Needle was originally erected by Pharaoh Thothmes II around 1500 B.C. It was then moved to Alexandria, Cleopatras city

Raising Cleopatras Needle
Cleopatras Needle, the Thames Embankment. The complicated structure that was used to lever the 180 ton obelisk into position

Cleos Needle / Lantern111
Cleopatras Needle on the Embankment by night

Cleos Needle / Lantern
A view along the river towards Embankment and Cleopatras Needle at night

Cleopatra Needle / 1883
Cleopatras Needle on the Embankment, with six children and their dog

Cleopatra Needle / C1905
Cleopatras Needle on the Embankment

Embankment Sphinx
A sphinx on the Embankment, London, one of a pair made to compliment Cleopatras Needle, which was was brought from Egypt to England in 1878. The Shell Mex clock is behind it

Needle in Position / Graph
Cleopatras Needle finally in position on the Thames Embankment, London

Needle Ready to Travel
Engineers shifting the obelisk to a position parallel with the beach at Alexandria, Egypt

Thames / Charing Cross
The river at Charing Cross, with the Embankment and Cleopatras Needle to the left, the Cleopatra swimming bath in the foreground

Cleopatras Needle, presented to Britain by Mehemet Ali, is inspected by Sir James Alexander

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