Classroom Drawing of Ichthyosaur Skeleton, Orra White Hitchcock

This is an example of one of the 61 large illustrations Orra White Hitchcock created for her husband Edward to use in his natural history classes at Amherst College. Having no real skeleton to work from, she copied someone else's artwork for this banner. 

Creator:

Orra White Hitchcock

Date:

1828-1840

Materials:

pen and ink on linen

Courtesy of:

Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library