Ferns. Specimen of Cyanotype
Anna Atkins
1840s
Medium
cyanotype
Dimensions
overall: 26.3 x 20.8 cm (10 3/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
R. K. Mellon Family Foundation
Accession Number
2007.15.1
About the Artist
Anna Atkins
Anna Atkins (née Children), born on March 16, 1799, in Tonbridge, Kent, England, grew up immersed in the world of science thanks to her father, John George Children, a prominent chemist, zoologist, and curator at the British Museum. After her mother Hester's death shortly after childbirth in 1800, Anna formed a close bond with her father, receiving an exceptional scientific education rare for wome...