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- Creator:
- Atkins, Anna, 1799-1871, photographer
- Published / Created:
- [between 1845 and 1861]
- Call Number:
- Osborn fd96
- Image Count:
- 168
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Bound presentation album by Anna Atkins and Anne Dixon containing 74 original cyanotypes of botanical, feather, and textile specimens. Images depict algae, ferns, flowers, seaweed, and other plants; feathers from birds such as the peacock, emu, partri...
- Description:
- Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was an English botanist and photographer. In 1825 she married John Pelly Atkins. Between 1843 and 1853 she privately published three volumes of Photographs of British Algae, considered to be the first book illustrated with phot...
- Subject (Topic):
- Algae, Blueprinting, Feathers, Needlework, Plants, and Marine algae
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cyanotypes