Obelisk, Heliopolis, Egypt Size:M: 60 x 60cm showing traffic on the River

showing traffic on the River Thames

Henry VII founded a hospital for the poor on the site

'A Well-Fed Citizen going to his Country Seat at Hornsey'

hanging from a lamp-post as a punishment for slandering Bethnal Green

View of the Great Hall of Christ's Hospital

Obelisk, Heliopolis, Egypt Size:M: 60 x 60cm showing traffic on the RiverObelisk, Heliopolis, Egypt, c1890. The oldest standing Ancient Egyptian obelisk in existence, the example at Heliopolis was erected by the 12th Dynasty Pharaoh Senusret I, who ruled from 1971 to 1926 BC. It was one of a pair erected to commemorate the Heb Sed (30th Jubilee) of Senusret. Lantern slide.