A watercolor of a rose by Orra White Hitchcock, with her initials written at the bottom center of the page. The drawing shows one rose flower in bloom surrounded by leaves and three flower buds. The paper features an embossed border. The artwork is…
A woodcut print (possibly a proof) by Orra White Hitchcock depicting the rocking stone in Fall River, Massachusetts, with a man standing to the left of the stone. The piece is annotated "Fig. 68" but it was published as fig. 75 in Edward Hitchcock's…
A plate printed from an illustration by Orra White Hitchcock showing part of Mount Holyoke and Mount Tom in Massachusetts, with the Connecticut River between them. The plate is plate 4 in Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of…
A painting of four birch leaves in autumnal colors by Orra White Hitchcock, possibly done in pastels. There are some pencil sketch marks on the image. The artwork is housed in a mat for conservation.
A manuscript draft by Edward Hitchcock of the first five lectures included in his work "The Religion of Geology and its Connected Sciences." Hitchcock attempts to demonstrate the relationships between religion and geology while also discussing the…
A plate printed from illustrations by Orra White Hitchcock depicting five different fossils of vegetation fround in Wrentham, Massachusetts. This is plate 27 in Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts."