The Eighth Wonder of the World
date: label: date made
content: 1866
name: label: depicted
content: Field, Cyrus W.
label: maker
content: Kimmel and Forster
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black and white print with minimal hand-coloring. Commemorates the laying of the Transatlantic Cable. Central scene depicting the ocean with the cable stretching from America to Europe. Four corner vignettes and center portrait of Cyrus Field.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1860-1869
label: Subject
content: Transatlantic Cable
label: Subject
content: Diplomacy
label: Subject
content: U.S. National Government, executive branch
label: Subject
content: Communication, telegraph
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: related event
content: Laying of Transatlantic Cable
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
label: Related Publication
content: Garvan, Anthony N. B. and Peter C. Welsh. Victorian American
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2403
label: catalog number
content: 60.2403
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 12 in x 16 in; 30.48 cm x 40.64 cm