19th-century alga cyanotype. Cyanotype of the algae Chylocladia kaliformis,as produced by British botanist Anna Atkins (1799-1871). Chylocladia is a seaweed found in European seas and oceans. It was first described in 1833. The cyanotype 'blueprinting' imaging technique was invented by British astronomer John Herschel (1792-1871). This cyanotype was published in part VII of 'Photographs of British Algae' (1843-1853) by Atkins,who used also used the 'photogenic drawing' method devised by William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877). This image is from an edition of the book owned originally by Herschel | |
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