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HMS Agamemnon loading the 1857 Atlantic Cable at Enderby Wharf

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HMS Agamemnon, 91 Guns, shipping the English Portion of the Atlantic Submarine Cable at East Greenwich
Artist
Frederick James Smyth  (fl. 1841–1867)  wikidata:Q52231668
 
Alternative names
Smyth
Description engraver and illustrator
Work period 1841 Edit this at Wikidata–1867 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q52231668
After Edwin Weedon  (1819–1873)  wikidata:Q21456707 s:en:Author:Edwin Weedon
 
After Edwin Weedon
Alternative names
E. Weedon
Description British painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death 1819 Edit this at Wikidata 1873 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q21456707
Author
Illustrated London news, 1857
Title
HMS Agamemnon, 91 Guns, shipping the English Portion of the Atlantic Submarine Cable at East Greenwich
Description

H.M.S. "Agamemnon," 91 Guns, shipping the English Portion of the Atlantic Submarine Cable at East Greenwich. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 1 August 1857.

Wood engraving by Smyth after Weedon.

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Date 1 August 1857
date QS:P571,+1857-08-01T00:00:00Z/11
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