Cyrus West Field, American businessman and financier Size:L: 75 x 60cm newly opened Severn Bridge

newly opened Severn Bridge

Derby and Disraeli show John Bull their entry ticket showing the number of members returned as 302 to allow them to pass through the Government gate

and was attorney-general in Edward Stanley

Today it is known as Canada House and is occupied by the Canadian High Commission

plate IV of The Harlot's Progress

Cyrus West Field, American businessman and financier Size:L: 75 x 60cm newly opened Severn BridgeCyrus West Field, American businessman and financier, c1849 (1955). It was through Field's (1819 1892) suggestion and financial aid that the first Atlantic cable was laid. He later became a prominent promoter of New York's elevated railroad and owner of two newspapers. A print from Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James D Horan, Bonanza Books, New York, 1955.