Sun gardens : cyanotypes by Anna Atkins / Larry J. Schaaf ; edited by Joshua Chuang ; with contributions by Joshua Chuang, Emily Walz, and Mike Ware.
Alternate Title(s):
Cyanotypes by Anna Atkins
Published / Created:
New York, NY : The New York Public Library, 2018.
Physical Description:
215 pages : color illustrations, facsimiles ; 32 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
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.
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. Schaaf, Joshua Chuang, and Emily Walz -- The productions of Anna Atkins and Anne Dixon / Larry J. Schaaf, Joshua Chuang, and Emily Walz -- On the origins, care, and feeding of cyanotypes / Mike Ware -- Notes to the texts -- Acknowledgments -- Image credits -- Index of historical names.
Subject Terms:
Atkins, Anna, 1799-1871. | Atkins, Anna, 1799-1871. | Photography -- England -- History -- 19th century. | Blueprinting. | Photograms. | Photography, Biological -- History. | Blueprinting. | Photograms. | Photography. | Photography, Biological. | England. | 21.42 history of photographic art.
Form/Genre:
Exhibition catalogs. | History.
Contributors:
Container of (expression): Atkins, Anna, 1799-1871. Photographs of British algae. Part 1. | Atkins, Anna, 1799-1871, photographer. | Chuang, Joshua, editor.