[Men at Work Beside the Launching Chains of the "Great Eastern"]

Robert Howlett British

November 18, 1857

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Title: [Men at Work Beside the Launching Chains of the "Great Eastern"]
Artist: Robert Howlett (British, 1831–1858)
Date: November 18, 1857
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Dome topped: 11 1/8 x 13 15/16
Mount: 16 15/16 × 21 5/16 in. (43 × 54.2 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Object Number: 2005.100.839
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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