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Robert Charles Dudley

H.M.S. Agamemnon Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858: a Whale Crosses the Line

1865–66
Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
17.7 × 25 cm (7 × 9.8 in)

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