London, England - Cleopatra's Needle
London, England - Cleopatra's Needle - View along Curve of the river towards needle.. Part of Box 177 Boswell collection - Round about London. The London needle is in the City of Westminster, on the Victoria Embankment near the Golden Jubilee Bridges. It is close to the Embankment underground station. It was presented to the United Kingdom in 1819 by the ruler of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali, in commemoration of the victories of Lord Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Sir Ralph Abercromby at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801
Picture No
11059358
Media ID
44919019
Size
4448px x 4414px
(16.2MB)
Credit
©The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed Lantern Slide from the Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust
Date
circa 1897
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