Congressional Medal to Cyrus W. Field for the Successful Laying of the
A large gilded medal shows a bearded man in left profile, carved in high relief against a cloud bank. Below him, two sailing ships cross a rippling sea, and a laurel-like wreath with a bird sits at the top rim. Engraved lettering runs around the upper edge and along the lower band.
Look closer: A bird perched atop a wreath at the top rim of the medal.
- Artist
- William Barber
- Date
- 1868
- Medium
- Copper and gold leaf
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3663 × 3465 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1868).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Cyrus W. Field, 1892