19th-century Plant Cyanotype
by Metropolitan Museum Of Art/science Photo Library
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19th-century Plant Cyanotype
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Metropolitan Museum Of Art/science Photo Library
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19th-century plant cyanotype. Cyanotype of the brown seaweed Sargassum bacciferum, as produced by British botanist Anna Atkins (1799-1871). The cyanotype 'blueprinting' imaging technique was invented by British astronomer John Herschel (1792-1871). This cyanotype dates from around 1853, the period when Atkins produced 'Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Flowering Plants' (1854), published privately by Atkins as a gift to a friend.
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February 23rd, 2021
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