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Valleys of Erosion on Mount Holyoke

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1841-42

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 81-100

GUSN

GUSN-199082

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Description

This is a view from the hilltop looking at houses in the valley and in the distance. From "Sketches of the Scenery of Massachusetts," by Edward Hitchcock, 1842.

Details

Descriptive Terms

scenes (depictions)
general views
valleys (landforms)
prints (visual works)
lithographs

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number 87OVR

Physical Description

1 lithographs

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Reference Code

GC002.02.087

Image Dimensions

9.5 x 19.75 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Mount Holyoke (Hampshire County, Massachusetts) [peak]

Record Details

Originator

Van Lenner, H. J. (Artist)
B.W. Thayer & Co.

Material Type

prints (visual works)
lithographs

Other People

Hitchcock, Edward

Restrictions

Fair -- two folds and some foxing

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 81-100

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