Spiraea aruncus (Tyrol)
Anna Atkins
1851–54
Medium
Cyanotype
Dimensions
Image: 35.1 x 24.6 cm (13 13/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2004
Accession Number
2004.172
Tags
Plants
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...