The Cable Passed From the Works into the Hulk (the Old Frigate Iris) Lying in the Thames at Greenwich, 1865–66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 7/16 × 10 1/16 in. (16.4 × 25.5 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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Cable Passed, Works, Hulk, Old Frigate Iris, Lying, Thames, Greenwich, 1865–66, Watercolor, graphite, touches, gouache, Sheet, 6 7/16, 10 1/16, 16.4, 25.5 cm, Drawings, Robert Charles Dudley, British, 1826–1909, 19th century, great technological achievements, lay, telegraphic cable, beneath, Atlantic, allowing messages, speed back, forth, North America, Europe, minutes, ten, twelve days, steamer
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