Laying a cable on the Atlantic seabed: the crew of the Great Eastern launching a buoy in an attempt to retrieve a lost cable. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker, 1866, after R.C. Dudley.
- Dudley, Robert Charles, 1826-1909.
- Date:
- 1856
- Reference:
- 44509i
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The buoy was launched on 2 August 1865 "during a retrieval attempt made after the cable was lost on August 2, 1865 After 1200 miles of the Atlantic cable had been laid, disaster struck when the cable broke and sank 2½ miles into the ocean"--online catalogue of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publication/Creation
1856
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 28.2 x 44 cm
Lettering
Getting out one of the large buoys for launching. R. Dudley, del. - E. Walker lith.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 44509i
Reproduction note
After a watercolour in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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