| Object: | "Cyanotypes" by Anna Atkins and Anne Dixon |
| Date: | 1845-1861 |
| Medium: | Cyanotypes |
| Where to find: | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
What to know: Botanist Anna Atkins (1799-1871) documented hundreds of plants using cyanotype, a photographic method that, by exposing paper coated with a solution of iron salts to light, creates images of ghostly relief against a field of Prussian blue. This page - delicately illuminating the common poppy, or papaver rhoeas - comes from an unpublished album of 74 cyanotypes Atkins created with her childhood friend Anne Dixon (1799-1864). The album turns a variety of objects such as lace, algae, and peacock feathers into ethereal photograms that blend scientific illustration with artistic exploration.
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