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Robert Charles Dudley

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline and Boats Laying the Earth Wire, July 21st, 1865

1865–66
Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
15.5 × 12.3 cm (6.1 × 4.8 in)

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