Conceptually similarSCIENCE SOURCEAtlantic Telegraph Cable Shore End, Ireland, 1866SS2870097JG7797SCIENCE SOURCEAtlantic Telegraph Cable Fault Search, 1866SS2870101JG7801SCIENCE SOURCEAtlantic Telegraph Cable Construction, 1866SS2870098JG7798SCIENCE SOURCELaying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 1866SS2870094JG7794SCIENCE SOURCELaying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 1866SS2870093JG7793SCIENCE SOURCELaying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 1866SS2870096JG7796SCIENCE SOURCELaying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 1866SS2870092JG7792SCIENCE SOURCELaying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 1866SS2870095JG7795SCIENCE SOURCESplicing the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 1866SS2870099JG7799View AllView more with similar tones Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 1866License type:Rights ManagedUnique identifier:SS2870091Legacy Identifier:JG7791Description:Landing the Shore End of the Atlantic Cable (1866) by Robert Charles Dudley (British, 1826-1909). Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Ireland, at the point where the cable reaches shore. One of the 19th century's great technological achievements was to lay a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic, allowing messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than ten or twelve days by steamer. An initially successful attempt in 1858, led by Cyrus W. Field and financed by the Atlantic Telegraph Company, failed after three weeks. Two working cables were finally laid in July and September 1866, the result of repeated efforts by the indefatigable Field, a cadre of engineers, technicians, and sailors, two groups of financial backers, and significant help from the British and United States navies. The cable Dudley documented the process in a series of watercolors and oils. The cable ran from Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island in western Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland.Credit:Metropolitan Museum of Art/Science SourceSize:3809px × 2616px (~28 MB)Get PricingHow Will The Visual Be Used?ShareKeywords:1860s-1865-1866-19th century-art-atlantic-atlantic cable-atlantic telegraph cable-atlantic telegraph company-boat-cable-communicating-communication-dudley-early-first-foilhommerum bay-hauling-history-ireland-laying-laying cable-ocean-painting-person-robert charles dudley-sea-ship-tele-communication-telegraph-telegraph cable-telegraph field-telegraphic-telegraphic cable-transatlanic cable-transatlantic-transatlantic telegraph cable-undersea cable-valentia island-water-working cableModel release:N/AParent folder:19752