Five pen and inkwash drawings of plant fossil specimens on one sheet by Orra White Hitchcock. The specimens come from Mansfield, Massachusetts, are labeled 221 through 225, and appeared in Edward Hitchcock's Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts as plate 27. The title is written in Edward Hitchcock's hand. The artwork is housed in a mat for conservation.
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Place of origin:
Massachusetts
Notes (date):
The item is undated. The date range provided is taken from Robert Herbert and Daria D'Arienzo's book, Orra White Hitchcock, 1796-1863: An Amherst Woman of Art and Science.
