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To Cyrus W. Field from the American Chamber of Commerce, Liverpool, on the Laying of the Atlantic Cable, 1866

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To Cyrus W. Field from the American Chamber of Commerce, Liverpool, on the Laying of the Atlantic Cable, 1866

Joseph Shepherd Wyon | Alfred Benjamin Wyon

1866

Medium

Copper gilt

Tags

Transatlantic Cable Birds

Dimensions

Diameter: 3 in. (76 mm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892

Classification

Medals and Plaquettes

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

British

Rights

Public Domain

About Joseph Shepherd Wyon

1836–1873 • United Kingdom

British, London 1836–1873 Winchester|British

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