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Interior of one of the tanks on board the Great Eastern. The cable passing out

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Interior of one of the tanks on board the Great Eastern. The cable passing out

Robert Charles Dudley  (British, 1826–1900)

Date:
ca. 1865–66
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache
Dimensions:
sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 in. (16.5 x 22.9 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892
Accession Number:
92.10.66

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