Fossil Track Illustration, Orra White Hitchcock

Orra White Hitchcock created this banner for her husband Edward Hitchcock to use in his classes at Amherst College. It shows and names five kinds of ornithicnites—fossil footprints left by the prehistoric birdlike creatures we now call dinosaurs.

Creator:

Orra White Hitchcock

Date:

c. 1828-1840

Dimensions:

69 x 164 cm.

Materials:

pen and ink on linen

Courtesy of:

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