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H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line

H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line by Robert Charles Dudley

Medium

Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)

Dimensions

Sheet: 6 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (17.7 × 25 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892

Accession Number

92.10.68

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

Transatlantic CableIndustryWhalesShips

About the Artist

Robert Charles Dudley · 1813–1913

British, 1826–1909

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