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  • Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: a courtyard with two obelisks. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.
  • Early sculptures on the obelisk at Xanthus
  • The south-east side of the obelisk at Xanthus
  • Machinery: plan and elevation of scaffolding erected to raise an obelisk in Rome. Coloured engraving.
  • Luxor, Egypt: the pylon of Luxor and a granite obelisk. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.
  • Obelisk at Heliopolis, known in the Bible as On, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848.
  • Machinery: plan and elevation of scaffolding erected to raise an obelisk in Rome. Engraving by A. Specus, after D. Fontana.
  • Machinery: plan and elevation of scaffolding erected to raise an obelisk in Rome. Engraving by A. Specus, after D. Fontana.
  • Machinery: plan and elevation of scaffolding erected to raise an obelisk in Rome. Engraving by A. Specus, after D. Fontana.
  • An ornate garden obelisk decorated with urns and statues. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk decorated with urns and cherubs. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk embellished with statues and urns. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk flanked by potted citrus trees. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with statuettes of people and birds. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with water cascading down its sides. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with carvings depicting hunting scenes and weapons. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk decorated with trees and shrubs in vases. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with a triumphal arch carved on the base. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with a battle scene carved on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk flanked by statues of women holding garden produce. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with women seated on the base shielding their eyes. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk decorated with flaming urns and figures with burning torches. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk flanked by women with writing materials and blank tablets. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with a fleet of battle-ships carved on the base. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with a triumphal procession carved in relief on the base. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with a battle scene carved in relief on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • The Hippodrome, Istanbul, Turkey: the obelisk of Theodosius (right) , the Serpent Column (centre), and the column of Constantine Porphyrgenitus (left). Photograph by Guillaume Berggren, ca. 1880.
  • An ornate garden obelisk with a scene of figures round a large fire carved on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.
  • The figure of a woman divided in two parts: half skeleton, half lady of fashion, standing next to a obelisk inscribed with biblical quotations. Etching, 17--, attributed to V. Green.
  • A jack-boot stands on top of a truncated obelisk enclosed within a triangular gibbet from which hang a fox and a goose from garlands; representing the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Etching, 1763.