Collection Online as of December 7, 2023
Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: Obelisk at Alexandria, Commonly called Cleopatra's Needle
Louis Haghe
(British, 1806–1885)
published by
F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London
after David Roberts
(Scottish, 1796–1864)
Color lithograph
Support: Wove paper
Sheet: 35.1 x 42.9 cm (13 13/16 x 16 7/8 in.); Image: 25.2 x 35.1 cm (9 15/16 x 13 13/16 in.)
Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.197
Catalogue raisonné: Abbey 272:21
Location
not on view
F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London
Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st baronet (1796–1871) was a stationer, printer, bookseller, and publisher in London to 1853, after which he devoted himself to public life. He became Lord Mayor in 1854, the same year he was knighted.