Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern. Artist: Robert Howlett (British, 1831-1858). Dimensions: Image: 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8 7/16 in.)Mount: 36.4 x 26.6 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.). Date: 1857, printed 1863-64.Four years in the making, 692 feet in length and weighing 22,500 tons, the Great Eastern was six times the tonnage of any ship yet built and was to be propelled by all the technology then available-screw, paddle, and sail. Because of its size, it had to be moved sideways, foot by foot, and it would take an unprecedented three months to launch. Its success was seen as a matter of national pride, a confirmation of Britain's supremacy at sea.Robert Howlett, a partner at the Photographic Institution, a leading professional studio in London, was commissioned by the Illustrated London Times to document the ship's construction. Howlett photographed the ship's designer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), at the time of the launching. More than

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern. Artist: Robert Howlett (British, 1831-1858). Dimensions: Image: 27.9 x 21.5 cm (11 x 8 7/16 in.)Mount: 36.4 x 26.6 cm (14 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.). Date: 1857, printed 1863-64.Four years in the making, 692 feet in length and weighing 22,500 tons, the Great Eastern was six times the tonnage of any ship yet built and was to be propelled by all the technology then available-screw, paddle, and sail. Because of its size, it had to be moved sideways, foot by foot, and it would take an unprecedented three months to launch. Its success was seen as a matter of national pride, a confirmation of Britain's supremacy at sea.Robert Howlett, a partner at the Photographic Institution, a leading professional studio in London, was commissioned by the Illustrated London Times to document the ship's construction. Howlett photographed the ship's designer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), at the time of the launching. More than

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