Sun Gardens: Cyanotypes by Anna Atkins

by Larry J. Schaaf

This lavishly illustrated book features the beautiful and scientifically important photographs by Anna Atkins, whose landmark work combined a passion for botany with remarkable creativity and technical skill.

Anna Atkins (1799-1871) came of age in Victorian England, a particularly fertile environment for learning and scientific discovery. Guided by her father, a prominent scientist, Atkins was inspired by William Henry Fox Talbot to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3791357980
• ISBN13: 9783791357980
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 10.0" x 12.5"