Title(s)

Egyptian obelisks (title on object)

Object type

• book

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1549

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘London Public Library London Canada Art Museum’
• inscription: ‘London Public Library’
• number: ‘59- 3779’

Artist

• Henry Honychurch Gorringe (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Henry Honychurch Gorringe (mentioned on object)

Place

New York (city)

Dating

1882

Material

• paper
• linen (material)
• cardboard

Technique

printing / collotype / chromolithography

Measurements

height 202 mm × width 285 mm × thickness 38 mm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Parts

• Portret van William Henry Vanderbilt (RP-F-2001-7-1549-1)
• The Alexandrian obelisk (Cleopatra's needle) (RP-F-2001-7-1549-2)
• Excavations at Alexandria, showing pedestal, steps, and position of crabs (RP-F-2001-7-1549-3)
• The crabs as found (RP-F-2001-7-1549-4)
• The staging (RP-F-2001-7-1549-5)
• The obelisk encased and stayed (RP-F-2001-7-1549-6)
• Turning the obelisk (RP-F-2001-7-1549-7)
• The obelisk horizontal (RP-F-2001-7-1549-8)
• Embarking the pedestal (RP-F-2001-7-1549-9)
• Embarking the obelisk (RP-F-2001-7-1549-10)
• The steamer Dessoug with the obelisk on board ready for departure from Alexandria (RP-F-2001-7-1549-11)
• Disembarking the pedestal (RP-F-2001-7-1549-12)
• Trucking the pedestal (RP-F-2001-7-1549-13)
• Laying the corner-stone (RP-F-2001-7-1549-14)
• Disembarking the obelisk (RP-F-2001-7-1549-15)
• The obelisk crossing the Hudson River railroad (RP-F-2001-7-1549-16)
• Transporting the obelisk (RP-F-2001-7-1549-17)
• Obelisk crossing the main drive in Central Park (RP-F-2001-7-1549-18)
• Turning the obelisk (RP-F-2001-7-1549-19)
• Turning the obelisk (RP-F-2001-7-1549-20)
• The New York obelisk (RP-F-2001-7-1549-21)
• The four sides of the obelisk (RP-F-2001-7-1549-23)
• Antique model of the temple of On (Heliopolis) (RP-F-2001-7-1549-24)
• Fotoreproductie van een tekening, voorstellende een fictief portret van Cleopatra VII, en vier portretten van Cleopatra VII op munten (RP-F-2001-7-1549-25)
• The London obelisk (RP-F-2001-7-1549-26)
• The remaining obelisk and ruins of temple at Luxor (RP-F-2001-7-1549-27)
• The obelisks at Karnak (RP-F-2001-7-1549-28)
• The obelisk at Heliopolis and Pompey's pillar at Alexandria (RP-F-2001-7-1549-29)
• Obelisk van Theodosius te Constantinopel en de Obelisk van Luxor op het Place de la Concorde te Parijs (RP-F-2001-7-1549-30)
• Obelisks in Rome (RP-F-2001-7-1549-31)
• The Khedives (RP-F-2001-7-1549-32)
• The four faces of the Pyramidion (RP-F-2001-7-1549-22)