What: A processional cross

Where: Unknown

Description: One of three processional “Abyssinian crosses” sketched by William Simpson, an artist and correspondent for the Illustrated London News. on Britain’s Abyssinian Expedition in 1868.

A note on the page reads: “Abyssinian Crosses sent by W.S.A. Lochhart to his father at Carluke, Scotland”

Sources: Page 59 of one of two sketchbooks in the Institute of Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa, scanned in by the British Library – https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP286-1-2-11