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Zygnema deciminum by Anna Atkins

Zygnema deciminum

Anna Atkins · 1851

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DETAILS
Artist
Anna Atkins
Date
1851
Medium
Cyanotype
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
Image: 25.3 x 20 cm (9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Collection
Photographs
Credit line
Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005
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Anna Atkins

Anna Atkins, an English botanist and photographer, is celebrated for publishing the world's first book illustrated with photographic images.

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