• home
  • slideshow
  • catalogues
  • stock
  • search
  • contact
  • news
  • shopping cart

Back

Col. Tal. P. Shaffner, LL.D. &c. Projector of the North Atlantic Telegraph.

Col. Tal. P. Shaffner, LL.D. &c. Projector of the North Atlantic Telegraph.

Engraved by D.J. Pound from a Photograph by Mayall.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Steel engraving, printed area 280 x 170mm..
Tagliaferro Preston Shaffner, (1818-1881), his hand resting on a globe showing the Atlantic Ocean, which he attempted to run a telegraph cable across, from America to Europe, in 1857. The project was unsuccessful due largely to poor financing. He was editor of the American Telegraphic Magazine, and also wrote ‘The Telegraph Manual’ (1859).
[Ref: 4162]  £160.00


 

Home | Terms | Map | Secure Payment | Links | Login | Privacy Policy | About this Site

Registered in England No. 1305630 Registered Office: 2, Castle Business Village, Station Road, Hampton, Middlesex. TW12 2BX.
Rainbrook Ltd. VAT No. 217 6907 49