The Cable Passed From the Works into the Hulk
The Cable Passed From the Works into the Hulk (the Old Frigate Iris) Lying in the Thames at Greenwich, 1865-66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 7/16 x 10 1/16 in. (16.4 x 25.5 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
11983211
Media ID
46896459
Size
6059px x 3901px
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Credit
© The Liszt Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Artokoloro Liszt Collection
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