Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
"After losing her mother very early in life, Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was raised by her loving father. He gave her a scientific education, which was highly unusual for women and girls in the early 19th century. Fascinated with the plant life around her, Anna became a botanist. She recorded all her findings in detailed illustrations and engravings, until the invention of cyanotype photography in 1842. Anna used this new technology in order to catalogue plant specimens--a true marriage of science and art. In 1843, Anna published the book Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions with handwritten text and cyanotype photographs. It is considered the first book of photographs ever published."--Amazon.com. |
Subject |
Atkins, Anna, 1799-1871 -- Juvenile literature.
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Atkins, Anna, 1799-1871. (OCoLC)fst00172706
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Atkins, Anna, 1799-1871.
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Women botanists -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women photographers -- England -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Women botanists. (OCoLC)fst01177368
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Women photographers. (OCoLC)fst01178288
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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Illustrators.
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Photographers.
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Photography -- History.
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Fathers and daughters.
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Women botanists.
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Botanists.
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Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
9781419725517 (hardcover, jacketed, picture) |
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1419725513 (hardcover, jacketed, picture) |
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