Deck of Great Eastern, Aft: the Paying-out Machinery, Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

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Deck of Great Eastern, Aft: the Paying-out Machinery, 1866, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 9 13/16 x 14 3/16 in. (25 x 36 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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Size: 5423px × 3771px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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