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Forward deck of the Great Eastern cleared for the first attempt to grapple for the lost cable, August 11th, 1865

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Forward deck of the Great Eastern cleared for the first attempt to grapple for the lost cable, August 11th, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley  (British, 1826–1900)

Date:
ca. 1865–66
Medium:
Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache
Dimensions:
sheet: 7 x 10 3/8 in. (17.8 x 26.4 cm)
Classification:
Drawings
Credit Line:
Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892
Accession Number:
92.10.72

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