Woking, England
1837
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Chairing Canning at Heart's Content
1866
Robert Charles Dudley
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Title
Chairing Canning at Heart's Content
Date
1866
Artist
Description
Watercolour drawing, 'Chairing Canning at Heart's Content' / Robert Dudley, painted on the 1866 Atlantic Telegraph Cable-laying expedition
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Location
Heart's Content, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Country
Continent
Location Accuracy
Pinpoint
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Samuel Canning, chief engineer at the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, was responsible for making and laying the transatlantic telegraph cables of 1865 and 1866.
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