To Cyrus W. Field from New York Friends, for Laying the First Atlantic
A gold-toned medal showing a right-facing profile bust of a bearded man with swept-back hair and a draped collar, framed by a laurel wreath. The name CYRUS W. FIELD arcs across the top, and a small signature appears near the base of the bust. The raised relief is crisp against a smooth field.
Look closer: A small signature is incised on the lower part of the bust.
- Artist
- George Hampden Lovett
- Date
- 1858
- Medium
- Copper and gold leaf
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 1856 × 1838 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1858).
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