The Great Eastern Under Weigh, July 23rd, 1865: Escort and other Ships, Terrible, Sphinx, The Hawk and Revised

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The Great Eastern Under Weigh, July 23rd, 1865: Escort and other Ships, Terrible, Sphinx, The Hawk and Revised: The Caroline, 1865–66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 7 1/4 × 12 1/2 in. ( × 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: 6077px × 3493px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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