1. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1854 Polypodium crenatum, Norway Cyanotype 32.9 x 23.6 cm National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada Courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada (no. 19712), Purchased 1983 |
2. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1843-1853 (published) Title page for Anna Atkins "Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions" [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions] Cyanotype, cropped NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419632 |
3. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1843, October (Part I) Introduction to "Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions", Part I [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part I] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419691 "The difficulty of making accurate drawings of objects so minute as many of the Algae and Confervae has induced me to avail myself of Sir John Herschel's beautiful process of Cyanotype, to obtain impressions of the plants themselves, which I have much pleasure in offering to my botanical friends." |
4. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1843, October (Part I) Cystoseira granulata [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part I] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419695 |
5. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1843, October (Part I) Polysiphonia violacea [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part I] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419699 |
6. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1843, October - 1844, May Fucus vesiculosus [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part II] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419704 |
7. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1843, October - 1844, May Fucus nodosus [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part II] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419707 |
8. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1843, October - 1844, May Cystoseira fibrosa [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part II] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419703 |
9. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1844 (ca) Chordaria flagelliformis [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part IV (Version 1)] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419720 |
10. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1844 (ca) Furcellaria fastigiata [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part IV (Version 1)] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419636 |
11. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1844, June - 1845, November Delesseria sanguinea [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part V] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419641 |
12. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1846, June - 1847, November Calithamnion roseum [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part VI] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419656 |
13. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1846, June - 1847, November Rhodomenia laciniata [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part VI] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419658 |
14. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1846, June - 1847, November Punctaria latifolia [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part VII] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419664 |
15. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1846, June - 1847, November Gigartina confervoides [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part VIII] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419679 |
16. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1848, November - 1849, June Gelidium rostratum [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part IX] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419635 |
17. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1848, November - 1849, June Grateloupia filicina [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part IX] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419583 |
18. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1848, November - 1849, June Polysiphonia elongata [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part X] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419604 |
19. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1849, November - 1850, June Dictyota dichotoma, in the young state; and in fruit. [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part XI] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419608 |
20. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1849, November - 1850, June Callithamnion plumula [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part XI] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419613 |
21. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1849, November - 1850, June Alaria esculenta [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part XII] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419621 |
22. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1849, November - 1850, June Halyseris polypodioides [Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part XII] Cyanotype NYPL - New York Public Library Courtesy of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org, Image ID: 419627 |
23. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1852 (ca) Title page from "British and Foreign Flowering Plants and Ferns" Cyanotype 35 x 25 cm Victoria and Albert Museum © Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Ph.379-1981) |
24. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1852-1854 Papaver Orientale [Poppy] [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Flowering Plants and Ferns] Cyanotype Victoria and Albert Museum Museum number: PH.381-1981 |
25. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 British Ferns [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/7 |
26. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1854 (ca) Taraxacum Officinale [Dandelion] [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Flowering Plants and Ferns] Cyanotype Victoria and Albert Museum Museum number: PH.382-1981 |
27. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Equisetum sylvaticum [collaboration between Anna Atkins and Anne Dixon] [In her book "Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns" (ca. 1860)] Cyanotype 10 x 7 7/8 J. Paul Getty Museum © J. Paul Getty Trust (84.XO.227.45) |
28. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1854 (ca) Adiantum Capillus Venerum Museum Ludwig |
29. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Asplenium chinensis [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/41 |
30. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Lastrea feonisecii [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/38 |
31. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Asplenium septentrionale [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/35 |
32. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Asplenium radicans [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/32 |
33. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Jamaica [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/29 |
34. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Aspidium denticulatum [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/26 |
35. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Darea cicutaria [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/23 |
36. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Asplenium ruta muraria [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/20 |
37. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Asplenium marinum [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/17 |
38. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Athyrium molle [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/14 |
39. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Aspidium [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/10 |
40. | ![]() | Anna Atkins 1853 Lastrea rigida [Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns (1853)] Cyanotype National Science and Media Museum Photographs Collection, Ref number: 1995-5024/4 |