View in North Adams, plate 3 from the Final Report on the Geology of Massachussets, Vol. I. by Edward Hitchcock
B. W. Thayer & Co., American, active 1840 - 1851
after Orra White Hitchcock, American, 1796 - 1863
published 1841
Lithograph on paper
Impression: 8 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (21 × 14 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 7/8 in. (29.5 × 22.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Appleton 1792 Memorial Fund
PR.945.30
Publisher
J. H. Butler, Northampton, Massachusetts
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in stone, lower left margin: Mrs. Hitchcock del.; lower right margin: Thayer's Lith. Boston.; lower center margin: VIEW IN NORTH ADAMS.; upper right margin: Pl.3.; stamped, in ink, on reverse: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE / LIBRARY / APPLETON FUND; signed, in graphite, on reverse: (Wilson) July 18, 1945 / Edward Hitchock's Geology of Mass. 1841
Provenance
Possibly from Cora Wilson, The Book & Print Shop, Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to the Baker Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 19, 1945; ; transferred to present collection, 1945.
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