Engraving
- Title:
- The New Ocean Cable
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1993.028.03
- Creator:
- Herrick, Henry W. (1824-1906)
- Date:
- 1874
- Description:
- Hand-colored wood engraving, The New Ocean Cable, by Henry W. Herrick (1824-1904) published in "Harper's Weekly", 1874. Scenes of Atlantic Cable Station, Rye Beach, NH. Includes views of men hauling cable onto shore (upper center), sightseeing crowd on beach with station lit by rays of sun from breaks in storm clouds (center), the Rye life station, cable ship "Faraday", and 8 cable cross sections (lower center). Signed "Herrick DEL" under picture of ship. Center engraving titled "Straws Point Rye Beach N.H. / Terminus of the Direct Atlantic Cable COs Line". Title lower margin: "THE NEW OCEAN CABLE. - SEE PAGE 546". Page 541 from "Harper's Weekly", June 27, 1874.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-13.55 W-9.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Came with lot of 32 NH prints; we purchased only 3. Price: $20.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Herrick, Henry W. (1824-1906)
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