One of the two sphinxes flanking Cleopatra's Needle, Victoria Embankment, London

RIBA Ref No RIBA5297

Architect/Designer	Vulliamy, George John (1817-1886)
Artist/Photographer	Smith, Edwin (1912-1971)
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1881
Image Date	1970
View	Exterior
Style	Egyptian Revival
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	ESP/LON/748 (ES3943.8)
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections
Subject	Statues

NOTES: Cleopatra's Needle was erected on the Embankment in 1878, however the bronze mountings and sphinxes were not in place until 1881. The sphinxes were enlarged copies of the sphinx at Alnwick Castle dating from the time of Thuthmose III.

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