ANNA ATKINS (1799-1871)

Polypodium Dryopteris, 1850-1854

Details
ANNA ATKINS (1799-1871)
Polypodium Dryopteris, 1850-1854
unique cyanotype photogram
title (in the image)
12¾ x 8 7/8in. (32.5 x 22.5cm.)
Literature
Particulars, pl. 169, p. 51
Exhibited
George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, Particulars, 1983
Sale room notice
Please note that the provenance is not Ken and Jenny Jacobson, as stated in the catalogue.

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Elizabeth Eichholz
Elizabeth Eichholz

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Descriptif du lot

This is most likely from the album 'Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Flowers, Plants and Ferns', compiled by Atkins and given to Anne Dixon in 1854, sold at auction in London in 1981 (Sotheby's, London, 28 October 1981, lot 220) and subsequently broken up. See: Schaaf, Sun Gardens: Victorian Photograms by Anna Atkins, Aperture, 1985, p. 44, census no. 15.

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