Anna Atkins
English, 1799-1871
FemaleAnna Atkins was educated in botany, and as family friends of William Henry Fox Talbot had learned the calotype process around 1841. John Herschel, another family friend, invented the cyanotype in 1842. In 1843, Atkins produced what is considered the first photographically illustrated book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions.
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- Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online / Artists of the World Online (visit site)
- Artnet (visit site)
- CLARA (Database of Women Artists) (visit site)
- Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography (visit site)
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (visit site)
- PhotographyDatabase.org (visit site)
- RKDartists (visit site)
- Union List of Artist Names (Getty ULAN) (visit site)
- Virtual International Authority File (visit site)
- Wikipedia (visit site)
- Wikidata (visit site)
Locations
Anna Atkins has 2 locations.
Birth (March 16, 1799)
Tonbridge, Kent
England
Death (June 9, 1871)
Sevenoaks, Kent
England