Coiling the Cable in the After-tank on Board the
Coiling the Cable in the After-tank on Board the Great Eastern at Sheerness: Visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on May 23rd, 1865, 1865-66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 11/16 in. x 10 in. (17 x 25.4 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
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11983212
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46896465
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© The Liszt Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Artokoloro Liszt Collection
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