Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable Size:XL: 120 x 80cm King and Co

King and Co

With a street scene including a boy playing with a hoop and a dog

probably an allegorical figure representing France

He was a passionate advocate of equality for women whilst he served as an MP

Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable Size:XL: 120 x 80cm King and CoManufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable, c1865 (1866). Coiling the telegraph cable in the tanks at the works in Greenwich. The cable, connecting Valentia island, off the Irish coast, and Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, was successfully laid in the summer of 1866 by Brunel's steamship, the 'Great Eastern'. From The Atlantic Telegraph by William Howard Russell, published 1866.