The Sphinx, the Embankment, London, 1905, by Alvin Langdon Coburn

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There are two sphinxes on the Thames Embankment, flanking Cleopatra’s Needle. The obelisk was erected in 1878 and the sphinxes, designed by George Vulliamy and modelled by C. H. Mabey, were added in 1882.

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Size: 2395px × 3375px
Location: London, England
Photo credit: © Archive Farms. Inc / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: /, 20th, archival, black, century, egyptian, historic, historical, monument, phtl, pictorialism, sphyinx, statue, white