Title: Congressional Medal to Cyrus W. Field for the Successful Laying of the Atlantic Cable
Object type: Medal
Date: 1867
Culture: American
Artist:  William Barber 
Artist bio: 1807–1879
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Copper and gold leaf
Dimensions: Diam. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Ships, term: Transatlantic Cable