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Cleopatra’s Needle: Shaft and Unrestored Pedestal
A slender outlined shaft stands upon a pedestal and a stepped base, with measurements set beside their different widths and heights. Dotted lines indicate additional outlines above and around the drawn structure. The caption specifies the obelisk with its pedestal unrestored. Reproduced in Weisse’s Obelisk and Freemasonry, the elevation treats the monument as a measured construction as well as an inscribed antiquity.
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Illustrator not identified. "Cleopatra’s Needle: Shaft and Unrestored Pedestal" [editorial title]. In The Obelisk and Freemasonry, John A. Weisse, M.D.. 1880 edition, illustrated, 1880, J. W. Bouton. Source scan leaf 24. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0113-0014
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Illustrator not identified. Cleopatra’s Needle: Shaft and Unrestored Pedestal. The Obelisk and Freemasonry. Scan leaf 24. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0113-0014