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Robert Charles Dudley

Splicing the Cable (after the First Accident) on Board the Great Eastern, July 25th, 1865

1865–66
Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
17.5 × 26.5 cm (6.9 × 10.4 in)

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