Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 12, 1806
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 18
Additional Source Text:
"Fragments of" in Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia), 28 Nov 1806
Notes:
Three ancient Egyptian obelisks were known as Cleopatra's Needle; later in the 19th century they were transported from Egypt and erected in Paris, London, and New York.
