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Robert Charles Dudley

The Atlantic Telegraph Cable Fleet Assembled at Berehaven (Southwest Coast of Ireland): Ships, the Great Eastern, H.M.S. Terrible, the Alby, the Medway and the William Cory

1866
Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
32.6 × 54.2 cm (12.8 × 21.3 in)

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