Splicing the Cable (after the First Accident) on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865, 1865–66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 7/8 × 10 7/16 in. (17.5 × 26.5 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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Splicing, Cable, First Accident, Board, Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865, 1865–66, Watercolor, graphite, touches, gouache, Sheet, 6 7/8, 10 7/16, 17.5, 26.5 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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