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Wood engraving - Submarine electric telegraph between Newfoundland and Cape Breton. Laying of the electric cable | McCord Museum
Télégraphe électrique sous-marin entre Terre-Neuve et le Cap-Breton. Pose du câble électrique
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Télégraphe électrique sous-marin entre Terre-Neuve et le Cap-Breton. Pose du câble électrique
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Wood engraving

Submarine electric telegraph between Newfoundland and Cape Breton. Laying of the electric cable
Artist
Publisher
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
Date 1855/10/20
Medium / Technique Ink on paper
Relief printing
Dimensions40.6 x 27.9 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin England
Object NumberM994X.5.129.2
DivisionDocumentary Art
CollectionMcCord
Status
Not on view

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Wood engraving
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John Henry Walker
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Wood engraving
Emblem of Montreal Telegraph Co.
John Henry Walker
About 1850-1885
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Emblem of Montreal Telegraph Co.
Wood engraving
Emblem of Montreal Telegraph Co.
John Henry Walker
About 1850-1885
M930.50.1.534
Emblem of Montreal Telegraph Co.
Wood engraving
Emblem of Montreal Telegraph Co.
John Henry Walker
About 1850-1885
M930.50.1.533
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Wood engraving
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John Henry Walker
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M930.50.8.400
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M2008.142.43
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2008
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