'The Obelisk'. Erasmus Wilson (1809-1884) English surgeon and antiquary. In medicine he 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 a?10,000. Cartoon by 'Spy', pseudonym of Leslie Ward (1851-1922) (500015150), British painter and caricaturist, from Vanity Fair. (London, 18 December 1880). Chromolithograph.