Ferns. Specimen of Cyanotype

1840s

Anna Atkins

Associated Names
Anna Atkins

Artist, British, 1799 - 1871

This print shows the outlines of several fern leaves in a light blue color against a dark blue background. Some of the ferns are the length of the whole page, while other shorter ones are stacked together. The words "Ferns" and "Specimen of Cyanotype" are written on the bottom edge of the print.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc., New York); NGA purchase, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009 - 2010, unnumbered catalogue.

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

Lower left, label in print: Ferns.; lower right, label in print: Specimen of Cyanotype

Wikidata ID

Q64143995

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