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Valleys of erosion on Mount Holyoke

Title

Valleys of erosion on Mount Holyoke

Creator

Van-Lennep, Henry J. (Henry John), 1815-1889

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.

Date

circa 1835

Original Format

Lithograph

Physical Dimensions

12 x 19 in.

How to Cite this Item

Van-Lennep, Henry J. (Henry John), 1815-1889, "Valleys of erosion on Mount Holyoke," in Digital Amherst, Item #913, http://www.digitalamherst.org/items/show/913 (accessed February 4, 2012).

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.

Item Type

Still Image

Subject

Amherst (Mass.) -- Aerial views

Source

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

Digital Format

image/jpg

Digital Publisher

Jones Library Special Collections

Language

eng

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