Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria
Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria

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Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria,

ca. 1855

Antonio Beato, Italian and British, ca. 1825–ca. 1903
x1975-353

Information

Title
Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria
Dates

ca. 1855

Maker
Antonio Beato
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
image: 37.8 x 26.1 cm. (14 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.) leaf: 40 × 53 cm (15 3/4 × 20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, David H. McAlpin, Class of 1920, Fund
Object Number
x1975-353
Place Depicted

Africa, Egypt, Alexandria

Inscription
Numbered in graphite, below lower right corner: IQ9 Titled in graphite, verso: Obelisque de Cleopatre Alexandrie
Marks/Labels/Seals
Signed in the plate, lower right: A. Beato
Culture
British, Italian
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, albumen prints
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
monuments, obelisks, rock (inorganic material), hieroglyphics, ruins

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