Valentia, Ireland, from the Harbor, Opposite Knight's-town, at the Period of Laying the Cable of 1857, 1865–66, Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache, Sheet: 9 7/16 × 14 3/4 in. (23.9 × 37.4 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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Valentia, Ireland, Harbor, Opposite Knight'-town, Period, Laying, Cable, 1857, 1865–66, Watercolor, graphite, touches, gouache, Sheet, 9 7/16, 14 3/4, 23.9, 37.4 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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