Digital image of print: The Sybyl's (sic - Sybil's) Cave, Hoboken. Ca. 1852.

Archive

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Hoboken Historical Museum

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Name/Title

Digital image of print: The Sybyl's (sic - Sybil's) Cave, Hoboken. Ca. 1852.

Entry/Object ID

2009.008.0100

Scope and Content

Print: The Sybyl's Cave, Hoboken. Ca. 1850s. Original image was wood engraving, ca. 6-1/2" wide x 7-1/2" high, published in a 19th century magazine; hand colored; mounted on stiff paper. Source location: S.C. Williams Library, Stevens Institute of Techology. Stevens Family Collection; Series I – Historical Documents; Box 6 - Hoboken Land Improvement Company - Acts & Pamphlets; Folder 14 - Sybil's Cave, Colored Engraving; 1826. Typewritten label on reverse. Source: S.C. Williams Library, Stevens Institute of Techology.Digital copy only. The later common name was "Sibyl's" rather than "Sybyl's." The front has a penciled date "1826" and the text on the reverse uses that date as "Color engraving from Gleason's Pictorial dated 1826." The date of 1826 is probably not correct. Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion started publication in 1851; the cave with stone portal is not believed to have existed before the early to mid-1830s.) Illustrations in Gleason's Pictorial, note the text showing through the sheet, such as this wood engraving were not typically issued as colored engravings, but the painting of this printed image in watercolors was possibly contemporary. It is probable that this is not from Gleason's, but from some other contemporary publication. The size suggests that it is from the 1840s or later. Image is for research or exhibition use only. It may not be reproduced in any format without permission of the owner. Image on file is off-line.

Acquisition

Accession

2009.008

Source or Donor

Stevens Institute of Technology

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Courtesy of S.C. Williams Library, Stevens Institute of Technology.

Archive Details

Creator

n/a

Date(s) of Creation

1850 - 1860

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1851-1855 Date(s): 1851-1855

General Notes

Note

Notes: media archive: 300 and 600dpi tiffs Box 6-Hoboken Land Improvement Company-Acts & Pamphlets Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2009-01-16