Mushrooms, Magma and Love in a Time of Science
July 26, 2018 3:59 PM   Subscribe

Orra White Hitchcock (1796-1863) was one of the most remarkable women from a more egalitarian age of scientific study. She had a deep knowledge of botany, zoology and paleontology, and she was also an artist — though that “also” would have seemed unnecessary to her. She produced two albums of botanical illustrations, and later, as introductory materials for her husband’s classes, she diagramed volcanoes, sketched the skeletons of extinct fish and mammals, and drew undulant squids and octopuses on large cotton sheets. They’re all united at the American Folk Art Museum in “Charting the Divine Plan: The Art of Orra White Hitchcock,” a handsome and unexpectedly passionate exhibition on art, science and education in the early American republic.
posted by not_the_water (2 comments total) 23 users marked this as a favorite
 
Oh wow! Thank you so much. Right up my alley.
posted by pipoquinha at 5:48 PM on July 26, 2018


Very cool, thanks! Her painting of maple leaves in fall was amazing.
posted by Bornanerd at 5:37 AM on July 27, 2018


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