Pompey's Pillar Size:S: 36 x 28cm 405) from 'Nuove sperienze intorno

405) from 'Nuove sperienze intorno alla dolcificazione dell'acqua del mare'

Northampton's right hand is holding an upright paper-bound book on a table covered with a red patterned cloth and papers

Above the image are the words Glorious news from the expedition

British 'mopping-up' squad surprises a German straggler

Pompey's Pillar Size:S: 36 x 28cm 405) from 'Nuove sperienze intornoPompey's Pillar, Alexandria, Egypt, 19th century. Probably the best known ancient monument still standing in Alexandria, the pilliar actually has nothing to do with Pompey but was erected in 293 AD for the Roman Emperor Diocletian. From Egypt and Nubia, Vol 1, by David Roberts.