Sujet
'Telegraphs', 1871.Artist: Coide
Légende
'Telegraphs', 1871. A caricature of John Pender (1815-1896), British pioneer of submarine telegraphy. In 1852, Pender became a director of the Atlantic Telegraph Company and in 1864 he formed the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Telcon). The following year he was elected Liberal MP for Totnes, Devon, and co-founded the Anglo-American Telegraph Company to lay the new Atlantic cable. In 1869, his British Indian Submarine Telegraph Company laid an all-undersea cable to India, and in 1872 he formed the Eastern Telegraph Company, of which he was chairman until his death. A print fromVanity Fair, 28 October 1871.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1871
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C56_188
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,2Mo (3,5Mo) / 27,8cm x 45,3cm / 3283 x 5348 (300dpi)