Lesson 12 Document 10
TITLE: The Eighth wonder of the world - the Atlantic cable
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Kimmel & Forster--Eighth wonder ... (B size)
[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-2388 (color film copy
transparency)
LC-USZ62-13637 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Allegorical scene showing Neptune with a trident in
foreground, and lion representing Great Britain holding one end of the Atlantic
cable and eagle representing the United States holding the other end of the
cable, with ocean between them and cities behind them. Includes portrait of the
inventor, Cyrus Field, at top center.
MEDIUM: 1 print : lithograph, color.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: N.Y. : Kimmel & Forster, [1866]
NOTES: Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United
States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical
commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
SUBJECTS:
Telecommunication cables--1860-1870.
FORMAT:
Allegorical prints 1860-1870.
Lithographs Color 1860-1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g02388 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g02388
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b15926
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b15926
CARD #: 93510355
