The Eighth wonder of the world - the Atlantic cable – Antique Print
![The Eighth wonder of the world - the Atlantic cable, N.Y. : Kimmel & Forster, [1866] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5e/5e20ed06b044-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures The Eighth wonder of the world - the Atlantic cable in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Eighth wonder of the world - the Atlantic cable
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Titled *The Eighth Wonder of the World*, this color lithograph celebrates the Atlantic telegraph cable at the moment it finally worked. Kimmel & Forster issued it in New York in 1866, the year a durable cable linking Ireland and Newfoundland was completed, after an earlier attempt in 1858 failed within weeks. The title casts the cable as a marvel rivaling the ancient wonders, a framing typical of allegorical prints from the 1860s that treated new technology as nearly miraculous. It offers a useful view of how Americans understood a link that reduced transatlantic messages from days to minutes.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Kimmel & Forster, [1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Allegorical prints 1860-1870.Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. |
| Subjects | Telecommunication cables--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,334 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-142371 |
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