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Orra White Hitchcock’s Classroom Art

"Crust of the earth", 1828-1840, 184 x 187 cm., Pen and ink on linen Image courtesy of Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library.

About this Image

Notice the volcanoes interspersed along the earth's crust. The center of the Earth was still a great unknown, so this illustration supposes that the molten lava lies just beneath the crust.