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Fucus vesiculosus & balticus.
Creator
Anna AtkinsBritish Photographer · 1799–1871
All works by this person →Trained as a botanist, Anna Atkins developed an interest in photography as a means of recording botanical specimens for a scientific reference book, *British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions.* This publication was one of the first uses of light-sensitive materials to illustrate a book. Instead of traditional letterpress printing, the book's handwritten text and illustrations were created by the cyanot
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- 1846–1847
- Medium
- Cyanotype
- Culture
- British
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 13e66b95-fafc-4d6e-b201-cde82d3e9559
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A cyanotype print featuring three abstract white shapes against a blue background.
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