Anna Atkins
British Photographer · 1799–1871
79 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
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
Works
View as IIIF ↗Bangia fusco-purpurea
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291510
Bangia laminaræ
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291642
Batrachospermum alpestre
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291598
Bryopsis hypnoides
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291620
Callithamnion roseum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291596
Callithamnion thuyoides
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291597
Calothrix Cresswelliæ
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291628
Calothrix distorta
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291627
Ceramium diaphanum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291535
Ceramium fastigiatum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291592
Ceramium rubrum, var.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291591
Chorda filum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291518
Chylocladia articulata.
Getty Museum · 1846–1847
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Chylocladia clavellosa, ß sedifolius
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291582
Chylocladia kaliformis.
Getty Museum · 1846–1847
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Chylocladia ovalis
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291583
Chylocladia ovalis.
Getty Museum · 1846–1847
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Cladostephus spongiosus
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291520
Codium bursa
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291616
Confera arcta - the three upper specimens in the young state
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291601
Contents, Vol. III
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291610
Corallina officinalis
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291602
Corallina squamata
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291604
Cystoseira barbata
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291563
![[Dedication Page 2]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP-17302-008.jpg)
[Dedication Page 2]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291502
Delesseria hypoglassum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291575
Desmarestia liqulata
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291513
Dictyota atomaria
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291568
Enteromorpha intestinalis
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291643
Enteromorpha intestinalis ß
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291644
Fucus vesiculosus & balticus.
Getty Museum · 1846–1847
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Gelidium corneum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291525
Gelidium corneum, var. pulchellum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291586
Gelidium rostratum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291526
Gloisiphonia capillaris
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291572
Grateloupia filicina
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291527
Grateloupia filicina
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291587
Griffithsia multifida
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291531
Halydrys siliquosa
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291512
Himanthalia lorea
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291507
![[Index of Specimens - Part VII]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F9ea6a725-c597-4e2e-b1e7-3460f4c3f1f8%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Index of Specimens - Part VII]
Getty Museum · 1846–1847
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Laminaria saccharina
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291508
Laurencia dasyphylla.
Getty Museum · 1846–1847
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Laurencia pinnatifida.
Getty Museum · 1846–1847
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Laurencia pinnatifida v. angusta.
Getty Museum · 1846–1847
#50a7a7c6-6721-411e-913b-9ac692b6c62c
Lyngbya Carmichælii
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291630
Lyngbya flacca
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291633
Lyngbya majuscula
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291629
Lyngbya speciosa
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291631
Nitophyllum versicolor
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291576
Part I Contents
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291503
Part IX
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291524
Part VII. Fucus vesiculosus. v. balticus. Punctaria latifolia. Rhodomela subfuscia...pinastroides. Laurencia pinnatifida...v. angusta...dasyphylla...(partially title from 1st leaf)
Getty Museum · about 1851
#82eeb160-d44d-485d-bc3e-27466ea74e5e
Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843–53
#286656
Plocamium coccineum.
Getty Museum · 1846–1847
#d7e5f15a-e5f1-4362-b98a-1b9bdfe21156
Polysiphonia byssoides
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291549
Polysiphonia cristata
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291539
Polysiphonia elongata
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291548
Polysiphonia fastigiata
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291544
Polysiphonia fruticulosa
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · ca. 1853
#291541