The Picking-up Machinery in the Bows of the Great Eastern — Robert Charles Dudley | DiscoverArt

Robert Charles Dudley

The Picking-up Machinery in the Bows of the Great Eastern

1865–66

Watercolor with touches of gouache (bodycolor)

15.3 × 22.8 cm (6 × 9 in)

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