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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
Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
18.8 × 27.8 cm (7.4 × 10.9 in)

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