Title Page From 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions'
1843-1853
Booklet of 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions' by Anna Atkins
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- 1843-1853 in United Kingdom
- maker:
- Anna Atkins
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LicenseCystoseira granulata
A cyanotype of 'Cystoseira granulata' from
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Title page
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'Bangia fusco-purpurea'
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'Himanthalia lorea'
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'Polysiphonia violacea'
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Dedication page
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'Laminaria saccharina'
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'Cystoseira foeniculacea'
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Contents page of 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype
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Introduction of 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype
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'Sargassum Bacciferum'
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'Cystoseira granulata'
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'Cystoseira ericoides'
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Booklet of cyanotype impressions, 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions' by Anna Atkins (1799-1871) Part 1 of Fox Talbot's own copy, sewn in original blue wrapper.
Atkins published a collection of cyanotype photograms of algae, in installments over ten years from 1843, to provide images to accompany contemporary books on algae. This first instalment is credited as the first photographically illustrated book. Atkins used the new process of cyanotype, in which paper brushed with photosensitive chemicals turned a vivid blue when exposed to light. Any specimen laid directly onto the paper left its impression as a white shadow. Atkins had unusual access to scientific knowledge for women of the time, attending lectures by pioneering photographers John Herschel and William Henry Fox Talbot. She presented this copy of her book to Talbot.
Dedication Page From 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions'
1843-1853
Introduction Page From 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions'
1843-1853
Contents Page From 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions'
1843-1853
Sargassum bacciferum
1843-1853
Cystoseira ericoides
1843-1853
Cystoseira granulata
1843-1853
Cystoseira foeniculacea
1843-1853
Himanthalia lorea
1843-1853
Laminaria saccharina
1843-1853
Polysiphonia violacea
1843-1853
Bangia fusco-purpurea
1843-1853
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1937-403
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 257 mm x 204 mm
- credit:
- Matilda Talbot
