Title: The Reels of Gutta-percha Covered Conducting Wire Conveyed into Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, at Greenwich
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1865–66
Artist:  Robert Charles Dudley 
Artist bio: British, 1826–1909
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Watercolor over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor)
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 9 9/16 in. (16.3 × 24.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Working, term: Machines, term: Transatlantic Cable