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Artifacts & Documents: Pictures and Paintings

Classroom Drawing of Ichthyosaur Skeleton, Orra White Hitchcock

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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