Print, 'Interior Tanks', a scene on 'Great Eastern' during the laying of the first Atlantic cable, 1865-1867
Coloured print of Robert Charles Dudley's 'Interior Tanks' (scene on "Great Eastern" during laying of the first Atlantic cable), printed by Day and Son Limited, Camden, London, England, 1865-1867. Full title of the work is 'Interior of one of the tanks aboard the Great Eastern - cable passing out'.
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Coloured print of Robert Charles Dudley's 'Interior Tanks' (scene on "Great Eastern" during laying of the first Atlantic cable), printed by Day and Son Limited, Camden, London, England, 1865-1867. Full title of the work is 'Interior of one of the tanks aboard the Great Eastern - cable passing out'.
Day and Sons Ltd was a prominent lithographic firm in the 19th century. They were accorded a Royal Warrant in 1837. The prints of the 'Great Eastern' cable laying expedition were based on original water colours by Robert Charles Dudley (1826-1900), which are now held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Day and Sons' prints were produced for W H Russell's book, 'The Atlantic Telegraph'. They document different stages of the unsuccessful transatlantic cable laying voyage of 1865.
- Measurements:
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overall: 278 mm x 354 mm x 20 mm, .995 kg
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) , glass , paper (fibre product) and metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- 1928-1083/1
- type:
- colour print
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum