The Albany Buoying a Bight of the Cable of 1865
The Albany Buoying a Bight of the Cable of 1865 on the Night of August 26th, 1866, 1866, Watercolor with touches of gouache, Sheet: 8 1/8 x 12 13/16 in. (20.6 x 32.5 cm), Drawings, Robert Charles Dudley (British, 1826-1909), One of the 19th century's great technological achievements was to lay a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic, allowing messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than ten or twelve days by steamer
Picture No
11983202
Media ID
46896404
Size
6210px x 3792px
(17.3MB)
Credit
© The Liszt Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Artokoloro Liszt Collection
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