Audella "Della" Beebe Hyatt (14 February 184023 November 1932) was an American illustrator and watercolorist. Born in

Kinderhook, New York Kinderhook is a town in the northern part of Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 8,330 at the 2020 census,U.S. Census, 2020, 'Kinderhook town, Columbia County, New York' making it the most populous municipality in Columb ...

, she married

paleontologist Paleontology, also spelled as palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure geolo ...

Alpheus Hyatt Alpheus Hyatt (April 5, 1838 – January 15, 1902) was an American zoologist and palaeontologist. Hyatt served as the founding president of the American Society of Naturalists from 1883 to 1884 and was the founding editor of the journal '' T ...

in 1867. Much of their life was spent at homes in Annisquam, Massachusetts and Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Della assisted her husband with his research, providing illustrations for his books on marine life and paleontological works, but was an accomplished artist in her own right having studied with Boston painter

William Morris Hunt William Morris Hunt (March 31, 1824September 8, 1879) was an American painter. Born into the political List of Hunt family members of Vermont, Hunt family of Vermont, he trained in Paris with the realist Jean-François Millet and studied under hi ...

at his summer studio in Gloucester and later with Helen M. Knowlton. Her works are held by museums around the country including the

Cape Ann Museum Cape Ann Museum is an art and historical museum located in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Its collection and programming focuses on the artists and art colonies of Cape Ann, including thRocky Neck Art Colonyand the Folly Cove Designers. The museum's ...

. Alpheus and Della had four children, two of whom were the sculptors Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor and

Anna Hyatt Huntington Anna Vaughn Huntington ( Hyatt; March 10, 1876 – October 4, 1973) was an American sculptor who was among New York City's most prominent sculptors in the early 20th century. At a time when very few women were successful artists, she had a th ...

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