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Grappling for the Lost Cable — Robert Charles Dudley. Grappling for the Lost Cable, ca. 1866. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Grappling for the Lost Cable

by Robert Charles Dudley

Quick Overview

Artist: Robert Charles Dudley (British, 1826–1909)
Date: ca. 1866
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 22 3/4 x 33 1/8 in. (57.8 x 84.1 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892
Accession no.: 92.10.45

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