The old frigate at the cable works, Greenwich, 1866.

Brunel's 'Great Eastern', 23 July 1866.

Recovery of the cable on the 'Great Eastern', 1866.

Foilhummerum Bay, near Valentia, Ireland, 1866.

Foilhummerum Bay, near Valentia, Ireland, 1866.

The 'Great Eastern' and an old frigate, off Sheernes, Kent, 1866.

Telegraph wire at the Greenwich works, London, 1866.

Laying wires, Foilhummerum Bay, near Valentia, Ireland, 21 July 1866.

'Releasing One of the Large Buoys', 1866.

William Sharpey, English physician, c 1842.

Joseph William Bazalgette, British civil engineer, 1854-1866.

Edge Hill station, Liverpool, 1848.