Manufacturing the transatlantic telegraph cable Size:XL: 120 x 80cm A labourer faces the court

A labourer faces the court to make a complaint against the constable standing next to him

Queen of France persuaded King James IV of Scotland to invade northern England

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

The child's death has been caused by cold

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 A labourer faces the courtManufacturing 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.