Obelisk in Alexandria (with Egyptian Men Standing at Base)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Wihelm Hammerschmidt (German, died 1869). Obelisk in Alexandria (with Egyptian Men Standing at Base), mid–19th century. Albumen silver print, image/sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (19.7 x 26 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Matthew Dontzin, 85.305.34. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Maker
Title
Obelisk in Alexandria (with Egyptian Men Standing at Base)
Date
mid–19th century
Medium
Albumen silver print
Classification
Dimensions
image/sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (19.7 x 26 cm)
Signatures
Signed in dark script on lower right
Inscriptions
Inscribed in pencil on verso: "Cleopatra's Needle"; "No. 2"
Credit Line
Gift of Matthew Dontzin
Accession Number
85.305.34
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