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Robert Charles Dudley

49 works

Robert Charles Dudley (1826-1909) was a painter, printmaker and illustrator from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Read more

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Painting of men wading ashore hauling a cable from a ship past rocky cliffs, with onlookers on the beach under a cloudy sky.

Landing the Shore End of the Atlantic Cable

1866

Men in a wood-paneled ship cabin gather around a telegraph desk with lamp and coiled cable on the floor.

Awaiting the Reply

ca. 1866

Night seascape of a steamship with masts under moonlight and a comet, with small boats in rough sea water.

Grappling for the Lost Cable

ca. 1866

Black and white view of a crowded harbor with rowboats ferrying people past masted ships toward wooden docks and shore.

Landing at Newfoundland

ca. 1866

Black and white painting of men working on cable across a crowded ship deck beneath masts, rigging and smokestacks.

Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable

ca. 1866

Watercolor of a ship's aft deck with cable machinery, winches, rigging and crew members under a cloudy sky.

Deck of Great Eastern, Aft: the Paying-out Machinery

1866

Sailors struggle with a tangled cable on a ship deck at night, lit by lanterns, with rigging and smokestack in the dark backg

A Night Scene. The Cable Entangled and Nearly Broken, July 18th, 1866

1865-66

Drawing of anchored sailing ships and a settlement by hills, seen from a steamship deck with men at the railing.

The Settlement and Church of Heart's Content, Newfoundland

1866

Night seascape of a steamship with tall masts and smoke, sailing through rough waves under a moon behind clouds.

The Albany Buoying a Bight of the Cable of 1865 on the Night of August 26th, 1866

1866

Watercolor of a ship's deck with winches, rigging, a large sail and crew working toward the bow, with open sea beside it.

The Picking-up Machinery in the Bows of the Great Eastern

1865-66

Watercolor of a two-masted ship and sailboats in a calm harbor below hills and a row of coastal houses at dusk.

Valentia in 1857-1858 at the Time of the Laying of the Former Cable

1865

Watercolor of a Newfoundland village with wooden houses, fences, pigs, chickens, and a tall telegraph pole.

First Telegraph House at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, 1866

1866

Crowd of men cheering and tossing hats outside white wooden houses, with a telegraph tower in the background.

September 8th at Heart's Content, the day of the successful termination of the work of laying, recovering, completing…

1866

Watercolor of a large steamship with tall masts and flags on choppy sea, with other vessels and stormy clouds beyond.

Telegraph Cable Fleet at Sea, 1865

1865-66

Watercolor of a steamship deck with rigging, flags, smokestack, crew at work, and the open sea beyond.

View Looking Aft from the Port Paddle-box on the Deck of the Great Eastern: Showing the Trough for the Cable, etc.

1865-66

Watercolor of ships at anchor in a moonlit bay, with a bright glow and a fire on the hills at right.

The Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify of the Arrival of the Cable…

1865-66

Painted coastal scene of a stormy bay with a steamship, a white cottage, and a group of figures on a grassy slope.

Valentia, Ireland: From the Harbor, opposite Knight's-town, at the period of laying the Cable of 1857

1865-66

Watercolor of a snowy Newfoundland landscape with a two-story telegraph house, a telegraph pole, and two hunters with a dog.

Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Exterior View of the Telegraph House in 1857-58

1865-66

Watercolor of a rustic timber mess room with men gathered around a brick fireplace and a small white dog on the floor.

Telegraph House, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Interior View of the Mess Room, 1858

1865-66

Watercolor of a sailing warship with crew on deck and a whale surfacing in rough sea beside its hull.

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

1865-66

Workers move coiled telegraph cable on carts and winch it on a green frame inside a workshop with an open doorway.

The Reels of Gutta-percha Covered Conducting Wire Conveyed into Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction and…

1865-66

Watercolor of workers coiling cable in a large circular tank beneath pulleys and rigging in an industrial hall.

Coiling the Cable in the Large Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company of Greenwich,…

1865

Watercolor of an old frigate hulk moored on the Thames beside a stone quay, with a cable and distant ships under cloudy sky.

The Cable Passed From the Works into the Hulk (the Old Frigate Iris) Lying in the Thames at Greenwich

1865-66

Watercolor of a large paddle steamer beside an old frigate with flags and rigging, a rowboat in the foreground.

The Old Frigate Iris with Her Freight of Cable Alongside the Great Eastern at Sheerness: The Cable Passed from the Hu…

1865

Watercolor of men in top hats watching workers coil cable inside a dim iron ship hull lit by lanterns.

Coiling the Cable in the After-tank on Board the Great Eastern at Sheerness: Visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on M…

1865-66

Decorative title page with sailors hauling ropes on a ship deck and a violinist on a capstan, framed by shell motifs.

The Great Eastern Weighing Anchor Off the Maplin Sands at the Nore, July 15, 1865

1865-66

Watercolor of a rocky Irish bay with cliffs, breaking waves, small figures in red on the shore, and seabirds.

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking Seawards from the Point at Which the Cable Reaches the Shore of Ireland

1865-66

Watercolor of a bay with steamships and sailing boats, cliffs with figures and sheep at left, and hills under a cloudy sky.

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline and Boats Laying the Earth Wire, July 21st, 1865

1865-66

Watercolor of crowds on rocky coastal cliffs with rowing boats on the sea and a smoke plume rising at left.

The Cliffs, Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, the Point at Which the Shore-end of the Cable was Landed on July 22nd, 1865

1865

Watercolor of a rocky bay with a steamship and rowing boats, and a crowd gathered on distant clifftops under smoky skies.

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline Laying the Earthwire on July 21st, 1865

1865

Watercolor of the steamship Great Eastern at sea with smoke, escorted by sailing ships under a golden sunset sky.

The Great Eastern Under Weigh, July 23rd, 1865: Escort and other Ships, H.M.S. Terrible, H.M.S. Sphinx, The Hawk and…

1865-66

Watercolor of paying-out machinery with iron drums and wheels on a ship deck at sunset, with sailors working nearby.

The Paying-out Machinery in the Stern of the Great Eastern

1865

Robert Charles Dudley (1826-1909) was a painter, printmaker and illustrator from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Browse 49 works by Robert Charles Dudley from one museum, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata