This is an 19th Century photograph taken of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Easter. The photograph was taken by Robert Howlett in 1857 and is now held by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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Side View, Great Eastern
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Robert Howlett
Robert Howlett is an 19th Century photographer, most famously known for his pictures of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Robert Howlett died in 1858 most likely due to exposure from the chemicals used to develop his photographs.
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