Coiling the Cable in the After-tank on Board the Great Eastern at Sheerness: Visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on May 23rd, 1865, 1865–66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 11/16 in. × 10 in. (17 × 25.4 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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Coiling, Cable, -tank, Board, Great Eastern, Sheerness, Visit, H.R.H, Prince, Wales, 23rd, 1865, 1865–66, Watercolor, graphite, touches, gouache, Sheet, 6 11/16, 10, 17, 25.4 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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