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Nautilus Shell

Orra White Hitchcock, 1828 – 1840
Nautilus Shell, Orra White Hitchcock
Nautilus Shell, zoomed in
51 cmNautilus Shell scale comparison67 cm

Nautilus Shell is an Enlightenment Pen, Ink and Linen Drawing created by Orra White Hitchcock from c.1828 to 1840. It lives at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections in the United States. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Cross Sections. SourceDownloadSee Nautilus Shell in the Kaleidoscope

Plesiosaurus Skeleton, Orra White Hitchcock

Plesiosaurus Skeleton

1828 – 1840
Slate, Devon, England, Orra White Hitchcock

Slate, Devon, England

1828 – 1840
Contortions in Mica Slate, Whately, Massachusetts, Orra White Hitchcock

Contortions in Mica Slate, Whately, Massachusetts

1828 – 1840
Art Forms in Nature, Plate 74: Orchidae, Ernst Haeckel

Art Forms in Nature, Plate 74: Orchidae

Ernst Haeckel, 1904
Plate 19. Acadian Flycatcher & Wood Pewee, Genevieve Jones

Plate 19. Acadian Flycatcher & Wood Pewee

Genevieve Jones, 1879 – 1886
Plate 22. Cardinal Red Bird, Genevieve Jones

Plate 22. Cardinal Red Bird

Genevieve Jones, 1879 – 1886
Untitled, Wassily Kandinsky

Untitled

Wassily Kandinsky, 1923
Drawing of Strata, Christiania (Oslo), Norway, Orra White Hitchcock

Drawing of Strata, Christiania (Oslo), Norway

1828 – 1840
Epidemic, Alfred Kubin

Epidemic

Alfred Kubin, 1900 – 1901
Self-Portrait as Drowned Man, Hippolyte Bayard

Self-Portrait as Drowned Man

Hippolyte Bayard, 1840
Detail of the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey, William Henry Fox Talbot

Detail of the Cloisters at Lacock Abbey

William Henry Fox Talbot, 1840
View of intersection of Eighth Street and Market Street, Philadelphia, Robert Cornelius

View of intersection of Eighth Street and Market Street, Philadelphia

Robert Cornelius, 1840

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