Engraving showing four scenes during the raising of the 'Cleopatra's Needle', an ancient Egyptian obelisk, on the Victoria Thames Embankment, London, 1878. The scenes show (clockwise from top left): Men working the windlass to lower the bottom end of the obelisk; the obelisk erect on its pedestal; the obelisk at 45 degrees; the obelisk on 11 September, before it was moved into position. Date: 12 September 1878