Sir William Howard Collection

The Atlantic Telegraph, [1866]. Creator: Robert Charles Dudley
The Atlantic Telegraph, [1866]

Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Artist: Robert Dudley
Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Coiling the telegraph cable in the tanks at the works in Greenwich

HMS Agamemnon laying the original Atlantic telegraph cable, 1857 (1866). Artist
HMS Agamemnon laying the original Atlantic telegraph cable, 1857 (1866). HMS Agamemnon was the first warship to be built with screw propulsion

The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, August 8th, 1866. Artist: Robert Dudley
The laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable, August 8th, 1866. The launching of the buoy marking the spot where the cable had been grappled

The Marriage, 1863. Artist: Robert Dudley
The Marriage, 1863. Edward VII (1841-1910) married Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) at St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle, 10th March, 1863. From A Memorial of the Marriage of H.R.H

The Signing of the Marriage Attestation Deed, 1863. Artist: Robert Dudley
The Signing of the Marriage Attestation Deed, 1863. Edward VII (1841-1910), married Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) at St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle, 10th March, 1863

William Howard Russell, Esq, LLD, Irish journalist, 1876. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
William Howard Russell, Esq, LLD, Irish journalist, 1876. Russell was a war correspondent for the Times who covered the Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War

Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865. On the deck of the SS Great Eastern searching the cable for a fault after its recovery from the bottom of the Atlantic on 31 July 1865

Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865 (1866). Preparing to grapple for the broken cable from the bows of the SS Great Eastern, 2 August 1865

Telegraph wire at the Greenwich works, c1865. The plate is one of 26 illustrations by Robert Dudley in The Atlantic Telegraph, a book by WH Russell, 1866

William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
William Howard Russell, Irish-born British journalist, 1875. Russell (1820-1907) was war correspondent for The Times during the Crimean War) and The Daily Telegraph in the Zulu War

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