Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Exterior View of the Telegraph House in 1857-1858, Robert Charles Dudley, 1865–66


Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Exterior View of the Telegraph House in 1857-1858, 1865–66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 13/16 × 10 1/4 in. ( × 26 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


Size: 5390px × 3488px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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