
Eastward Ho! August 1857, from "Illustrated London News"
William Luson Thomas (d. 1900)
May 22, 1858 · Wood engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Eastward Ho! August 1857, from "Illustrated London News"
William Luson Thomas (d. 1900)
May 22, 1858 · Wood engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline Laying the Earthwire on July 21st, 1865
Robert Charles Dudley (d. 1909)
1865 · Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Cliffs, Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, the Point at Which the Shore-end of the Cable was Landed on July 22nd, 1865
Robert Charles Dudley (d. 1909)
1865 · Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Valentia in 1857-1858 at the Time of the Laying of the Former Cable
Robert Charles Dudley (d. 1909)
1865 · Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline and Boats Laying the Earth Wire, July 21st, 1865
Robert Charles Dudley (d. 1909)
1865–66 · Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking Seawards from the Point at Which the Cable Reaches the Shore of Ireland
Robert Charles Dudley (d. 1909)
1865–66 · Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Heights over Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, the William Corey Heading Seawards, Laying the Shore-end of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, July 7th, 1866
Robert Charles Dudley (d. 1909)
1865–66 · Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Exterior View of the Telegraph House in 1857–58
Robert Charles Dudley (d. 1909)
1865–66 · Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Valentia, Ireland: From the Harbor, opposite Knight's-town, at the period of laying the Cable of 1857
Robert Charles Dudley (d. 1909)
1865–66 · Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
Cleared · Public Domain
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[The Bow of the Great Eastern]
Robert Howlett (d. 1858)
1857 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
In copyright
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Hydraulic Ram Used in Launching the Great Eastern Steamship
Robert Howlett (d. 1858)
1857–1858 · Albumen silver prints
In copyright
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The Refusal of Time
William Kentridge (d. 9999)
2012 · Five-channel digital video installation, black-and-white and color, sound, 30 min.; steel megaphones, and a breathing machine (“elephant”)
In copyright
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