The Brief and Illustrious Life of the Telegraph

Time Machines reveals entanglements between the largely forgotten optical telegraph and artistic movements in 19th-century France.

The Brief and Illustrious Life of the Telegraph
J.J. Grandville, "Merlin the Enchanter causing, in broad daylight, night to descend on the telegraph" (1835), pen and wash on paper (image courtesy Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy)