Price: SOLD
SKU: 101184
PUBLISHER: Published by Kimmel & Forster, 254 256 Canal St. N. Y.
MEDIUM: Lithograph with hand color,
DATE: 1866.
EDITION SIZE: Printed image size 12 x 16 1/4" (35 x 41.3 cm.). Paper size is 16 x 20 inches.
DESCRIPTION: Text within the image "Valencia Bay, Ireland, July 26th, 1866. Congratulate you Heartily All Well Here." Text under the title"Heart's Content, July 27th, 1866. I hope that it will prove a blessing to England, and the United States, and increase the intercourse between our Country & the Eastern Hemisphere". Yours faithfully, Cyrus W. Field. [Cyrus West Field, 1819-1892, created The Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first cable in 1858]. And, right side under the title line "Washington, July 29th, 1866. To Cyrus W. Field, Heart's Content: May the Cable under the sea tend to promote harmony between the Republic of the West and the Governments of the Eastern Hemisphere. Andrew Johnson. " <BR><BR> At the central top is a portrait of Cyrus W. Field. with the British and American Flag. The four corners show vignettes of, "Manufacturing the Cable." "Loating the Cable" "Valentia, Ireland" "Hearts Content, Newfoundland." Also included on a separate card is the signature of Cyrus W. Field dated May 8, 1879.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Fair to good condition with light foxing overall.
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