The Maelstrom in Mammoth Cave"" – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The Maelstrom in Mammoth Cave"" comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Maelstrom in Mammoth Cave""
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The Maelstrom was one of the named features that drew visitors to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, and this wood engraving shows that underground scene as a 19th-century illustrator imagined it for readers abroad. It appeared in The Illustrated London News on March 6, 1859, at a time when the cave was already a well-known American attraction, reached by guided parties carrying lanterns through its passages. Prints like this one helped British audiences picture a landscape they would likely never see in person.
| Created / published | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1859 March 6, p. 221. No ref. copies. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Caves; Ky.--Mammoth Cave. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,146 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150528 |
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