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Erasmus Wilson, English surgeon and antiquary, 1880. Artist: Spy
Erasmus Wilson, English surgeon and antiquary, 1880. In medicine Wilson (1809-1884) specialised in skin diseases. His other interest was Egyptology, of which he was a generous patron. In 1878 he paid for the transport of Cleopatra's Needle from Egypt to London at a cost of ?10,000. Cartoon titled 'The Obelisk' from Vanity Fair. (London, 18 December 1880).
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AR926071
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3274px × 5333px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
antiquary
Architecture
Britain
British
Caricature
Cartoon
CHROMOLITHOGRAPH
CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE
clothes
color
country
Dress
Egyptology
England
English
ERASMUS
Erasmus Wilson
JOB
Leslie
Leslie Matthew Ward
Leslie Ward
LOCATION
Male
Man
Medicine
Men
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Obelisk
OCCUPATION
OVERCOAT
Oxford Science Archive
People
Physician
Portrait
Print Collector1
PROFESSION
Science
Sir Erasmus Wilson
Sir Leslie
Sir Leslie Ward
Sir William James Erasmus Wilson
Spy
Surgeon
Victorian
WARD
William James Erasmus Wilson
Wilson