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ANNA ATKINS (1799-1871)
Asplenium Fragrans.
Cyanotype photogram, 8x4
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8
inches (20.3x11.7 cm.), on the original mount
measuring 8
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4
x14
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inches (21x36.8 cm.), with
a caption in the negative. Circa 1853
[2,000/3,000]
This print is from a group of unique,one-of-a-kind
photographs Atkins gifted to her childhood friend
Anne Dixon in 1854; to the Fraenkel Gallery, San
Francisco, California; to a Private Collector.
Atkins, a botanist, is considered the first photo-
grapher to self-publish a book that employed
cameraless images.
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