[Men at Work Beside the Launching Chains of the "Great Eastern"]

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Artist: Robert Howlett (British, 1831–1858)
Date: November 18, 1857
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Dome topped: 11 1/8 x 13 15/16 Mount: 16 15/16 × 21 5/16 in. (43 × 54.2 cm)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photographs
Department: Photographs
Credit line: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Accession no.: 2005.100.839

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Deck Scene of the Great Eastern
Robert Howlett
1857 · Photograph
Museum collection · via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00012992
In the Valley of the Mole
Robert Howlett
1855 · Photograph
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00025056
[Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern]
Robert Howlett
1857, printed 1863–64 · Photograph
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00025493
[Aphrodita Under Construction]
Robert Howlett
ca. 1857 · Photograph
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00025623

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