Orra White Hitchcock Artist

Orra White Hitchcock (8 March 1796 – 26 May 1863) was one of America’s earliest women botanical and scientific illustrators and artists, best known for illustrating the scientific works of her husband, geologist Edward Hitchcock (1793–1864), but also notable for her own artistic and scientific work.

Personal facts

Orra White Hitchcock
Alias (AKA)White Orra
Birth dateMarch 08, 1796
Date of deathMay 26, 1863
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Amherst College
Deerfield Academy

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Orra White Hitchcock on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma27_main.html
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=VpW_AAAAIAAJ
  3. http://deerfield.edu/about/archives/gallery/orra-white-hitchcock-herbarium
  4. http://pvma.wordpress.com/about/memorial-hall-museum-and-library/library
  5. http://www.joneslibrary.org/specialcollections/collections
  6. http://www.smith.edu/library/libs/archives
  7. https://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/holdings/hitchcock
  8. https://www.amherst.edu/museums/mead/exhibitions/2011exhib/owh