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Part VII. Fucus vesiculosus. v. balticus. Punctaria latifolia. Rhodomela subfuscia...pinastroides. Laurencia pinnatifida...v. angusta...dasyphylla...(partially title from 1st leaf)

Anna Atkins

Date: about 1851
Medium: Cyanotype
Culture: British
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

13 prints.

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Anna Atkins

British Photographer · 1799–1871

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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