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Obelisk at Heliopolis, William Simpson, 1869

Obelisk at Heliopolis

1869 · Drawing · 22.4 × 28 cm

Particulars

Accession number
SD.977:4

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Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked
12 days ago
In this state since
Sep 25, 2026
Source
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What it shows

ObelisksEgyptObelisk of SenusertAl-Matariyah

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolorsGraphiteRealismImpressionism19th centuryBritish SchoolOrientalism

Sources

  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Street Scene in Cairo, William Simpson, 1865

Street Scene in Cairo

1865 · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Cross, William Simpson, 1823-1899

The Cross

1823-1899 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Cross, William Simpson, 1823-1899

The Cross

1823-1899 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Cross, William Simpson, 1823-1899

The Cross

1823-1899 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Cross, William Simpson, 1823-1899

The Cross

1823-1899 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Cross, William Simpson, 1823-1899

The Cross

1823-1899 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Cross, William Simpson, 1823-1899

The Cross

1823-1899 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Cross, William Simpson, 1823-1899

The Cross

1823-1899 · Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Bird of Paradise, Hashimoto Chitaka, 2026

Hashimoto Chitaka

Bird of Paradise, 2026

Torsion 2, Taruma Shoko, 2025

Taruma Shoko

Torsion 2, 2025

Fu, Someya Satoshi, 2025

Someya Satoshi

Fu, 2025

Bow Before the Curtain Falls, 2024

Bow Before the Curtain Falls, 2024

Summer, 2024

Summer, 2024

Red Flow, Ishizuka Genta, 2024

Ishizuka Genta

Red Flow, 2024

3D replica of Michelangelo's Prisoner (4117-1854), Factum Arte, 2024

Factum Arte

3D replica of Michelangelo's Prisoner (4117-1854), 2024

Sculpture, ‘Co-Existence – the Man and the Monkey’, Zhao Lin, 2024

Zhao Lin

Sculpture, ‘Co-Existence – the Man and the Monkey’, 2024

Wandering Minstrels, Hubert Robert, 1777–79

Hubert Robert

Wandering Minstrels, 1777–79

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Obelisk, Hubert Robert, 1787/88

Hubert Robert

The Obelisk, 1787/88

Art Institute of Chicago

Entry of Palace of Luxor, formerly Thebes, ca. 1830

Entry of Palace of Luxor, formerly Thebes, ca. 1830

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Obelisks At Alexandria, Called Cleopatra's Needles, Luigi Mayer, ca. 1805-ca. 1820

Luigi Mayer

The Obelisks At Alexandria, Called Cleopatra's Needles, ca. 1805-ca. 1820

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Heliopolis, - As it is, William Simpson, 1878

William Simpson

Heliopolis, - As it is, 1878

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Oriental Capriccio: Ruined Temple on the Nile, William West, 1825-1830

William West or Samuel Jackson

Oriental Capriccio: Ruined Temple on the Nile, 1825-1830

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Monument to Sir Augustine Nicolls, attributed to Nicholas Stone the elder, ca. 1616

attributed to Nicholas Stone the elder

Monument to Sir Augustine Nicolls, ca. 1616

Victoria and Albert Museum

Temple at Carnak: Thebes, Charles Somers Somers-Cocks, 1842-1843

Charles Somers Somers-Cocks

Temple at Carnak: Thebes, 1842-1843

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum