Forward Deck of the Great Eastern Cleared for the First Attempt to Grapple for the Lost Cable, August 11th, 1865, 1865–66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 15/16 × 10 3/8 in. (17.6 × 26.3 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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Forward Deck, Great Eastern Cleared, First Attempt, Grapple, Lost Cable, August 11th, 1865, 1865–66, Watercolor, graphite, touches, gouache, Sheet, 6 15/16, 10 3/8, 17.6, 26.3 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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