Obelisk Collection (page 5)

La place de la Concorde, vue de la terrasse du bord de l'eau ; le roi Louis-Philippe... 1846
La place de la Concorde, vue de la terrasse du bord de l'eau ; le roi Louis-Philippe traverse la place en voiture, 1846

The Late Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
The Late Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland, between 1910 and 1920

Titre, in or after 1756. Creator: Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin
Titre, in or after 1756

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 1897. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 1897. House Architecture: James Hoban and others, from 1792. Landscape: Pool installed during the administration of Ulysses S. Grant

Washington Monument Grounds, between 1909 and 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Washington Monument Grounds, between 1909 and 1914

Fantasy on an Ancient Campidoglio. Creator: Hubert Robert
Fantasy on an Ancient Campidoglio

Washington Monument, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Washington Monument, between 1910 and 1917
Washington Monument, between 1910 and 1917

Washington Monument, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Washington Monument, between 1910 and 1917
Washington Monument, between 1910 and 1917

Palace of Mechanic Arts and lagoon at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1892, printed later. (Replica of an ancient Egyptian obelisk at left)

Washington Monument, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Washington Monument, between 1909 and 1923
Washington Monument, between 1909 and 1923

Washington Monument, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Washington Monument, between 1909 and 1923
Washington Monument, between 1909 and 1923

Allied Commission To U.S. At Mount Vernon: Groups At Tomb of Washington, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Allied Commission To U.S. At Mount Vernon: Groups At Tomb of Washington, 1917. Dignitaries of the British & French War Commissions for World War I

Allied Commission To U.S. At Mount Vernon: Groups At Tomb of Washington, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Allied Commission To U.S. At Mount Vernon: Groups At Tomb of Washington, 1917. Dignitaries of the British & French War Commissions for World War I

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893. A bird's-eye view, with monument and canal in foreground. (Palace of Mechanic Arts and replica of an ancient Egyptian obelisk)

Ruines romaines, le Forum avec le Colisée et l'Obélisque, c1765. Creator: Hubert Robert
Ruines romaines, le Forum avec le Colisee et l'Obelisque, c1765

Army, U.S. Motor Truck Inspection, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S. Motor Truck Inspection, 1917
Army, U.S. Motor Truck Inspection, 1917. Press conference, First World War, Washington, DC

Sketch for the town hall of Vincennes: the chapel, keep, obelisk, the manoeuvring area... 1898. Creator: Maurice Chabas
Sketch for the town hall of Vincennes: the chapel, keep, obelisk, the manoeuvring area, the fort, the plateau of Gravelles, 1898

Arlington National Cemetery, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Arlington National Cemetery, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Arlington National Cemetery, 1917. Civil War graves: memorials to Ezra Ayers Carman of the New Jersey Infantry, Union Army, and Joseph Wheeler, Lieutenant General, Confederate States Army

Arlington Mansion, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Arlington Mansion, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Arlington Mansion, Arlington National Cemetery, 1917. Civil War graves: memorials to Ezra Ayers Carman of the New Jersey Infantry, Union Army, and Joseph Wheeler, Lieutenant General

L'Obelisque. The Obelisk. Creator: Jacques Rigaud
L'Obelisque. The Obelisk

The Obelisk under the Liberty Tree, Boston, 1766 (printed 1973). Creator: Paul Revere
The Obelisk under the Liberty Tree, Boston, 1766 (printed 1973)

The Triumph of Fame, c. 1539. Creator: Georg Pencz
The Triumph of Fame, c. 1539

Serbian Mission To The U.S. at Mount Vernon, with Sec. Lansing, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Serbian Mission To The U.S. at George Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, Virginia, with Sec. Lansing, 1918

Serbian Mission To The U.S. at Mount Vernon, with Sec. Lansing, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Serbian Mission To The U.S. at George Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, Virginia, with Sec. Lansing, 1918

Serbian Mission To The U.S. at Mount Vernon, with Sec. Lansing, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Serbian Mission To The U.S. at George Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, Virginia, with Sec. Lansing, 1918

Boy Scouts Gardening In Potomac Park, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Boy Scouts Gardening In Potomac Park, 1917
Boy Scouts Gardening In Potomac Park, 1917

Curtiss Airplane - Tests of Curtiss Plane For Army, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Curtiss Airplane - Tests of Curtiss Plane For Army, 1912. Early aviation, Washington, DC, USA. Biplane just visible above the Washington Monument

Allegorical Picture, by Absolon and Fenton, painted for the Inauguration Dinner...Nov. 9, 1854. Creator: A. J. Mason
Allegorical Picture...painted for the Inauguration Dinner of the Lord Mayor, in Guildhall, Nov. 9, 1854. Patriotic tableau in the Great Banqueting-hall to mark the term of Sir Francis Graham Moon as

Dining on rooftop; Washington monument in background, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Dining on rooftop; Washington monument in background, between 1910 and 1920

The Chantrey Memorial, Norton, near Sheffield, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Chantrey Memorial, Norton, near Sheffield, 1854. Monument to a British artist. Here Francis Liggitt Chantrey was born, on the 7th of April

Column of Dilius and Obelisque Fountain, 1574. Creator: Anon
Column of Dilius and Obelisque Fountain, 1574

White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 1897. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 1897. House Architecture: James Hoban and others, from 1792. Landscape: Pool installed during the administration of Ulysses S. Grant

Erection of the obelisk of Luxor in Place de la Concorde, October 25, 1836. Creator: Francois Dubois
Erection of the obelisk of Luxor in Place de la Concorde, October 25, 1836

The Washington National Monument, at Washington City, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Washington National Monument, at Washington City, 1850. Plan proposed by Robert Mills....an obelisk...intended to be six hundred feet high

Monte Cavallo - Rome, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Monte Cavallo - Rome, 1850. The Piazza di Monte Cavallo...with the Quirinal Palace on the right...occupies the crest of the Quirinal Hill

Piazza di Spagna - Rome, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Piazza di Spagna - Rome, 1850. The Piazza di Spagna is the grand head-quarters of the English and foreign residents of fashion

Rome, Illustrated and Described, May 4th, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Rome, Illustrated and Described, May 4th, 1850. Frontispiece showing a view of Rome, the interior of St Peter's, Trajan's Column

The Procession from the Church of San Giovanni Laterano to St. Peter's, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Procession from the Church of San Giovanni Laterano to St. Peter's, 1850. The harsh manner in which the Pontifical dragoons performed their duty in clearing the road for the approaching

The Paris Fete - Illumination in the Place de la Concorde, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Paris Fete - Illumination in the Place de la Concorde, 1850. Parisians commemorated the proclamation of the Republic...The beautiful Place de la Concorde

Piazza del Popolo - Rome, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Piazza del Popolo - Rome, 1850. On entering the city through the Porta del Popolo, by the ancient Flaminian Way, the open circular area in front is called the Piazza del Popolo;

The Pantheon - Rome, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Pantheon - Rome, 1850. The Pantheon, in modern times, derives additional interest from its being the burial-place of Rafaele, A. Caracci, Zuccari, Peruzzi, and other eminent artists

Chariot Race in the Circus Maximus - Rome, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Chariot Race in the Circus Maximus - Rome, 1850....the Circus Maximus....originally founded in the infancy of Rome by Tarquin the Elder, became

The International Exhibition: view of the Nave looking east... 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
The International Exhibition: view of the Nave looking east - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. On the left is a display labelled Bougie de l'Etoile Belge'

The annual regatta of the Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club, recently held at Glasgow, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The annual regatta of the Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club, recently held at Glasgow, 1862. This regatta - the "Scottish Henley" - which came off at Glasgow, on Thursday and Friday

Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cleopatra's Needle, Alexandria, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by Captain E. Ostley. Public attention has been directed to the Alexandrian obelisk, popularly known as Cleopatra's Needle

obelisk of the Temple of Ra-Atum, Heliopolis, Egypt
The major surviving remnant of Heliopolis is the obelisk of the Temple of Ra-Atum erected by Senusret I of Dynasty XII. It still stands in its original position

The Obelisk of Axum in Ethiopia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843

The Lake at Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa
A GWR Publicity view of the lake at the Jephson Gardens in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, c.1920s. Children are playing round the edge of the lake with the Jephson Memorial

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The obelisk, a timeless symbol of grandeur and history, can be found in various iconic locations around the world. In St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy, it stands tall as a testament to architectural brilliance and religious significance. Its towering presence commands attention and awe from all who visit this magnificent UNESCO World Heritage Site. But the obelisk doesn't limit itself to Europe alone; it also graces other corners of the globe with its majestic allure. In Stratford Broadway, East London, it adds an air of elegance to the bustling cityscape. Standing proudly amidst modernity, it serves as a reminder of the area's rich heritage. Traveling further south brings us to One Tree Hill in Auckland, New Zealand—a famous landmark adorned by an obelisk that overlooks breathtaking panoramic views. This fusion of nature and man-made marvel creates an enchanting atmosphere for visitors seeking solace or inspiration. Back in Rome lies another remarkable sight—the Piazza Navona—where an oil on canvas painting captures its vibrant essence. The obelisk at this lively square is surrounded by stunning Baroque architecture and exudes a sense of timelessness amidst the hustle and bustle. Venturing into Boston during yesteryears reveals yet another glimpse into history with a bird's-eye view chromolithograph showcasing the city's charm. Amongst its many landmarks stands an impressive obelisk that adds character to Boston's evolving skyline. Across continents in Buenos Aires, Argentina stands El Obelisco—an emblematic structure that has become synonymous with this vibrant South American city. It serves as both a meeting point for locals and tourists alike while representing their shared pride in their culture. Whether adorning squares like Piazza del Popolo or Piazza della Rotonda alongside ancient wonders like The Pantheon or standing tall against modern backdrops like St Peter’s Square—the obelisks continue to captivate hearts and minds.