Sun gardens : cyanotypes by Anna Atkins / Larry J. Schaaf ; edited by Joshua Chuang ; with contribut...
Sun gardens : cyanotypes by Anna Atkins / Larry J. Schaaf ; edited by Joshua Chuang ; with contribut...
Sun gardens : cyanotypes by Anna Atkins / Larry J. Schaaf ; edited by Joshua Chuang ; with contributions by Joshua Chuang, Emily Walz, and Mike Ware.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York, NY : The New York Public Library, 2018.
Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0427
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
215 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles ; 32 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Preface / Joshua Chuang -- Notice to the reader -- Part I of British algae (from the Sir John Herschel copy) -- Reminiscences / Larry J. Schaaf -- Pleasurable offerings to botanical friends / Larry J. Schaaf -- Selected plates from various holdings -- British algae: bibliographic details / Larry J....
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Publisher
New York, NY : The New York Public Library, 2018.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
Anna Atkins (1799-1871) came of age in Victorian England, a particularly fertile environment for learning and scientific discovery. Guided by her father, a prominent scientist, Atkins was inspired by William Henry Fox Talbot to take up photography and was friends with Sir John Herschel, who invented the cyanotype photographic process in 1842. The n...
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Full title
Sun gardens : cyanotypes by Anna Atkins / Larry J. Schaaf ; edited by Joshua Chuang ; with contributions by Joshua Chuang, Emily Walz, and Mike Ware.
Portion of title
Cyanotypes by Anna Atkins
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Notes
General note
Accompanies the exhibition Blue Prints: The Pioneering Photographs of Anna Atkins, held at The New York Public Library from October 19, 2018 to February 17, 2019.
Includes a facsimile of Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions. Part 1, by Anna Atkins, issued in 1843.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-211) and index.
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GQ 2019/0427
Record Identifier
74VKVxpopJyM
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ISBN
3791357980 hardcover
9783791357980 hardcover
DDC
779.9949206
MMS ID
991024244716902626
