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Torchlight Procession Around The World
Franklin, Benjamin
Colored print celebrating the laying of the Transatlantic cable on September 1, 1858. Depicts torchlight procession spanning the continents in the central image, with portrait vingettes of Cyrus Field, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Morse, and Captain Hudson in each of the four corners.
- Date
- 1858
- Type
- lithograph
- Medium
- paper (overall material)
- Department
- NMAH
- Institution
- National Museum of American History
- Object number
- nmah_324804
- Credit
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
