September 8th at Heart's Content, the day of the successful termination of the work of laying, recovering, completing and testing the Atlantic Telegraph Cables of 1865 and 1866 — Robert Charles Dudley. September 8th at Heart's Content, the day of the successful termination of the work of laying, recovering, completing and testing the Atlantic Telegraph Cables of 1865 and 1866, 1866. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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September 8th at Heart's Content, the day of the successful termination of the work of laying, recovering, completing and testing the Atlantic Telegraph Cables of 1865 and 1866

by Robert Charles Dudley

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Artist: Robert Charles Dudley (British, 1826–1909)
Date: 1866
Medium: Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 10 15/16 in. (18.8 × 27.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892
Accession no.: 92.10.87

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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00014900
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ca. 1866 · Painting
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