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Albert Memorial & Cleopatra's Needle.
188072615Germany: c.1880. Attractively framed black and white lithographs of the Albert Memorial and Cleopatra's Needle. The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. It was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband Prince Albert who died of typhoid in 1861. Cleopatra's Needle is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian obelisks re-erected in London Paris and New York City during the nineteenth century. The London and New York ones are a pair while the Paris one comes from a different original site where its twin remains. From the publication entitled: New Album of London. Frame size: 150 x180 mm. 2 original lithographs. Fine condition. unknown
Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni50,00 £GB≈ 57,09 €
