Cleveland Museum of Art
Scolopendrium Vulgare
Anna AtkinsLinkedCulture matchlcp-931155b53729
- Date
- 1852–54
- Medium
- cyanotype
- Culture
- England, 19th century
- Department
- Photography
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 159058
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
In 1843, Anna Atkins produced the first book illustrated with photographs. The book was the earliest use of photography in a scientific publication. An amateur botanist, Atkins overcame the difficulties of making accurate drawings by placing plants directly on light-sensitive paper and exposing them to light. With these cameraless photographs, later called photograms, she was able to carefully record the basic elements of a plant's line, shape, and texture. This example illustrates a specimen of Scolopendrium Vulgare , also known as Hart's-Tongue fern.
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- Credit line
- Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
- Provenance
- Anne Dixon
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