Caption

The obelisk at Heliopolis and Pompey's pillar at Alexandria, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate XLI', cliché maker: Harroun & Bierstadt (possibly), printer (person): Harroun & Bierstadt, New York (city), c. 1881, Harroun & Bierstadt, photographer, cliché maker, printer (person), North America, paper, collotype, artotype, height 270 mm x width 352 mm, Prints opposite page 124., column, pillar, architecture, obelisk, needle, North Africa, Alexandria, Pompey's Pillar, Serapeum, A tall stone obelisk occupies the right side of the image, showing a pointed top and faint carved markings along its shaft, while the left side shows a grassy field with scattered trees and a group of people and animals near the foreground, all beneath a pale sky.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B06_285

License type

Rights managed

Available size

21.7Mb (4.4Mb) / 7.4in x 11.4in / 2212 x 3434 (300dpi)

Keywords

obelisk Heliopolis Pompey's pillar Alexandria page photomechanical print number Plate XLI cliché maker Harroun & Bierstadt printer person New York city c 1881 photographer North America paper collotype artotype height 270 mm x width 352 mm Prints opposite page 124 column pillar architecture needle North Africa Pompey's Pillar Serapeum tall stone obelisk occupies right side image showing pointed top faint carved markings shaft left side grassy field scattered trees group people animals near foreground beneath pale sky