Valentia in 1857-1858 at the Time of the Laying of the Former Cable, 1865, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 6 3/4 x 10 1/16 in. (17.2 x 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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Valentia, 1857-1858, Time, Laying, Former Cable, 1865, Watercolor, graphite, touches, gouache, Sheet, 6 3/4 x 10 1/16, 17.2 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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