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Anna Atkins
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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
 
LL/6712
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
 
LL/39620
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."
 
LL/39578
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
 
LL/39579
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
 
LL/39580
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
 
LL/39581
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
 
LL/39582
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
 
LL/39583
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
 
LL/39584
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
 
LL/39585
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
 
LL/39586
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
 
LL/39587
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
 
LL/39588
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
 
LL/39589
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
 
LL/39590
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
 
LL/39591
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
 
LL/39592
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
 
LL/39593
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
 
LL/39594
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
 
LL/39595
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
 
LL/39596
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
 
LL/39597
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)
 
LL/6770
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
 
LL/39618
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
 
LL/41710
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
 
LL/39619
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)
 
LL/6301
28.Anna Atkins
1854 (ca)
Adiantum Capillus Venerum
Museum Ludwig
LL/7716
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
 
LL/41699
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
 
LL/41700
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
 
LL/41701
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
 
LL/41702
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
 
LL/41703
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
 
LL/41704
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
 
LL/41705
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
 
LL/41706
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
 
LL/41707
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
 
LL/41708
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
 
LL/41709
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
 
LL/41711
   
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