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: H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph


H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph

H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line, 1865-66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 15/16 x 9 13/16 in. (17.7 x 25 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
11983226
Media ID
46896429
Size
5506px x 3877px (18.4MB)
Credit
© The Liszt Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Artokoloro Liszt Collection

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Agamemnon Allowing Communicatrion Crosses Dudley Faster H.m.s Telegraphic Whale


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