Valleys of erosion on Mount Holyoke

Image

ValleysOfErosion.jpg

Title

Valleys of erosion on Mount Holyoke

Subject

Amherst (Mass.) -- Aerial views
Amherst (Mass.)

Description

Looking south from the columns of Mount Pleasant Institute across open landscape toward Amherst center. Amherst College, Amherst Academy, and the Village Church are visible and the Holyoke Range rises in the background.

This plate is an illustration in the geological survey of Massachusetts completed by Edward Hitchcock.

Creator

Van-Lennep, Henry J. (Henry John), 1815-1889
B.W. Thayer & Co.

Source

Massachusetts. Geological Survey. Final report on the geology of Massachusetts. 1841. Plate 6

Publisher

Jones Library Special Collections

Date

Circa 1835

Rights

This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.

Format

image/jpg

Language

English

Type

Photographs

Original Format

Lithograph

Physical Dimensions

12 x 19 in.

Citation

Van-Lennep, Henry J. (Henry John), 1815-1889 and B.W. Thayer & Co., “Valleys of erosion on Mount Holyoke,” Digital Amherst, accessed March 29, 2024, https://digitalamherst.org/items/show/913.