Treasures From the Archives

Francesco Bartolozzi Italian After Giovanni Battista Cipriani Italian Publisher Emmanuel Matthias Diemar German August 12, 1788

Thomas Rowlandson British August 12, 1785

August 12, 1784

Etcher Thomas Rowlandson British After Henry William Bunbury British Publisher Thomas Rowlandson British August 12, 1799

"A well-decorated barracks room, satirizing the foppishness of French officers who are shown rising dressing for morning parade. Contrasts with the simplicity of the "English Barracks.""

George Townley Stubbs British After George Stubbs British August 12, 1776

Honoré Daumier French Printer Walter Frères French Publisher Arnaud de Vresse French August 12, 1869

Honoré Daumier French Printer Destouches French Publisher Aaron Martinet French August 12, 1857

Honoré Daumier French Printer Destouches French Publisher Aaron Martinet French August 12, 1865

Thomas Rowlandson British Publisher T. Smith British August 12, 1785

"One of the 19th century's great technological achievements was to lay a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic, allowing messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than ten or twelve days by steamer. An initially successful attempt in 1858, led by Cyrus W. Field and financed by the Atlantic Telegraph Company, failed after three weeks. Two working cables were finally laid in July and September 1866, the result of repeated efforts by the indefatigable Field, a cadre of engineers, technicians, and sailors, two groups of financial backers, and significant help from the British and United States navies. Dudley documented the process in a series of watercolors and oils, this example showing preparations to retrieve the cable lost overboard on August 2, 1865. Repeated grappling failed at this time but, the next summer, the Great Eastern managed to find and raise the cable, then lay it on to Newfoundland. In 1892 Field donated art works by Dudley, commemorative medals, memorabilia, and specimens of cable to the Museum."

Honoré Daumier French August 11, 1858

The Ladies' Home Journal 1910-08

The Ladies' Home Journal 1898-08