Who created "Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable"?

Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable was created by Robert Charles Dudley in ca. 1866.

What medium is "Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable"?

Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable is Oil on canvas.

Is "Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable" in the public domain?

Yes, Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable

Q: When was "Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1866.

Robert Charles Dudley

ca. 1866

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

22 3/4 x 33 1/4 in. (57.8 x 84.5 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892

Accession Number

92.10.47

Tags

Transatlantic CableMenShips

Art Historical Context

In 1866, the world shrank dramatically with the successful laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable linking Europe and North America for instantaneous communication. Robert Charles Dudley's *Making the Splice between the End and the Ocean Cable captures this pivotal moment aboard the massive steamship *Great Eastern*. The oil-on-canvas painting depicts workers meticulously joining the shore-end cable to the ocean section off Ireland's Valentia Bay, a tense operation amid churning seas and bustling ships. Donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1892 by Cyrus W. Field—the American ...

About the Artist

Robert Charles Dudley · 1813–1913

British, 1826–1909

Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable

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