STC192781 The Old Frigate HMS Agamemnon with her weight of cable alongside the SS Great Eastern, from \'The Atlantic Telegraph\' by William Howard Russell, published 1866 (colour litho) (see also 192775-780, 192782-791) by Robert Dudley; Private Collection; (add.info.: cable laid 1865 after two failed attempts in 1857-58; the Great Eastern held 2600 miles of cable to be laid in a continuous line from Ireland to Newfoundland; Russell (journalist of London Times) and Dudley were aboard;); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright.