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Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria

Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria, 19th century

  • Maison Bonfils, French, founded 1867

Albumen print

  • Image: 8 7/8 × 11 1/8 inches (22.5 × 28.3 cm) Mount: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)

Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts

1988.96

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Signed, in the negative, lower left: Bonfils

Inscribed, in the negative, lower right: 17. Alexandrie, Obélisque de Cléopâtre

1988-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Maison Bonfils, Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria, 19th century, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1988.96.

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